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Fidelio, Opera North online review - less is really more
Adaptation leaves Beethoven s music in all its glory
by Robert BealeMonday, 14 December 2020
Space to act and interact: soloists, orchestra and chorus in Opera North s Fidelio from Leeds Town HallAll images by Richard H Smith
Adaptability is the name of the game for big companies in the music business now. And Opera North’s streamed presentation of Beethoven s
Fidelio from inside Leeds Town Hall is a prime example of just how adaptable things need to be.
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Opera Northâs Fidelio went ahead in the teeth of the regionâs tight pandemic restrictions. The concert performance, recorded in an empty Leeds Town Hall and available to stream, proved much more than merely a victory over challenging circumstances. The musical lineup had always looked pretty special on anyoneâs terms, and the musicians duly delivered a gripping operatic experience in which every aspect of the show seemed to come together.
What made the impact so strong? There was, of course, the excitement of a British company performing a major opera again after so long. There was the appropriateness of this particular opera, performed just days before Beethovenâs 250th anniversary. Then there was the electrifying reminder, in Mark Wigglesworthâs reading, of how brilliant a piece Fidelio is, and of how radical Beethovenâs imprisonment subject still is today. Last, but by no means least, there was the tingle f