Beethoven: Fidelio / Soderstrom, Haitink
Label: ARTHAUS Catalog: 102307 Format: DVD SOEDERSTROEM; APPELGREN; GALE; ALLMAN; RIDDER; LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA; HAITINK; HALLSir Peter Hall’s outstanding 1979 Glyndebourne Festival Opera production of Fidelio remains remarkably faithful to the way Beethoven intended the opera to be. The stage directions of the original are followed exactly by Hall, yet he still manages to inject fresh excitement and suspense into Fidelio with John Bury’s original lighting and design. Price: $28.98 |