Leonore was Beethoven’s first version of Fidelio and René Jacobs eloquently champions the earlier score in this lithe live recording As we know it today, Fidelio, Beethoven’s only opera, was first ...

at the Met. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera. When South African soprano Elza van den Heever made her debut at the Met, as Elizabeth I in Donizetti's MARIA STUARDA, it was something that was ...

You’re no Beethoven, to say the least. But you have to take the risk. By Will Crutchfield Beethoven had to present his only opera three times before it won success. It was premiered as “Fidelio” in ...

The theme of freedom runs through the greatest works of Beethoven. His opera "Fidelio" is one. It is the story of a political prisoner, who, at the moment of his execution, is freed by the heroism of ...

Fabian Müller plays Beethoven's third piano concerto with the German Symphony Orchestra.

Opera Lafayette is proud to announce its 25th anniversary season featuring its most diverse lineup to date. This year's season of three operas to be performed in both New York City and Washington, DC, ...

Amid the many new operas making their premieres these days, the most contemporary opera you’re likely to see this season is one that was written two centuries ago. We’re talking about “Fidelio.” With ...

The New Penguin Opera Guide runs to well over 1,100 pages, and yet only four of them concern Beethoven. Of all the music the grand master wrote - some 240 works in total - he only ever composed one ...