Fidelio (Several versions of the opera)

Beethoven's only opera was "Fidelio", with the uplifting and heroic music you expect, but without much of a plot. Leonora's husband has been incarcerated in a Spanish prison, and she has disguised herself as a man, Fidelio, and obtained work as a prison guard to try to find him.

The picture is a still of Karita Mattila in the role in the 2002 version.

And here is Waltraud Meier in a Sofia Reina (Valencia) production in 2006.

And this is Gwyneth Jones in a 1970 production for German television.

HF December 2005

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