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'While Beethoven’s genius was extraordinary, it was always grounded in his deeply felt humanity. In his only opera, Fidelio, this powerful marriage of music and message draws on themes of adversity, persecution, and triumph through sacrifice and determination.
'Simone Young brings Fidelio to the Concert Hall in spectacular fashion, with her three decades of experience leading productions of Beethoven’s opera around the globe.
'Fidelio’s story is reimagined for these performances by First Nations author Tyson Yunkaporta who has written new texts to illustrate the opera’s dramatic themes of love, self-sacrifice and the journey to enlightenment. Yunkaporta draws us deeper into Beethoven’s compelling and uplifting landscape of memory, hope and human aspiration.'
Source: Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Production Details
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Presented by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, 24 and 26 November 2022.
Conductor: Simone Young.
Narrator: Virginia Gay.
Cast: Eleanor Lyons, Madeleine Pierard, Simon O'Neill, James Roser, Jonathan Lemalu, Samantha Clarke, Pelham Andrews, Nicholas Jones, Louis Hurley, Christopher Hillier, and the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
