29th June

Concert will begin at 17:04 hours GMT

Beethoven's 'Fidelio' with Wagner, Cutler, Brownlee and Kurmanbayev from Amsterdam

Beethoven's 'Fidelio' is a German opera with spoken dialogue in two acts. The German libretto was prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly. The opera tells how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named 'Fidelio', rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison.

Performers: Mark Kurmanbayev: Don Fernando. Eric Cutler: Florestan. James Creswell: Rocco. Nicholas Brownlee: Don Pizarro. Jacquelyn Wagner: Leonore. Anna El-Khashem: Marzelline. Linard Vrielink: Jaquino.

Dutch National Opera Choir. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Andrés Orozco Estrada.

Recorded 19 June.