Fidelio
Cadogan Hall
Vita Nuova
Royal Festival Hall
Birtwistle and Benjamin
Linbury Studio
Fidelio is an opera which, in my recent experience, almost always overwhelms me in a concert performance and almost always leaves me embarrassed or indignant when staged.
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