Stand by for Fidelio blast

Stand by for Fidelio blast

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norman lebrecht

March 05, 2020

This weekend’s three-part Beethoven survey on Idagio/Slipped Disc will focus on his only opera.

We wull try to make sense of the multiple overtures, the rival editions, the reason why no-one sees a tenor until the second act.

Most telling of all, we ask whether the definitive recording is really as definitive as people think.

Stand by for the first episode in a few hours’ time.

If you can’t get to the opera, curl up with Slipped Disc and Idagio.

 

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