SUMMER SONATA-A FESTIVAL OF OPERA, BALLET AND CONCERT FILMS

OPERA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
(123 min; 2002; dvd; English subtitles)

From The Metropolitan Opera, with Karita Mattila (Leonore/Fidelio); Ben Heppner (Florestan); Rene Pape (Rocco); Flak Struckmann (Don Pizarro); Robert Lloyd (Don Fernando); Matthew Polenzani (Jaquino); Jennifer Welch-Babidge (Marzelline)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conductor: James Levine
Production: Jürgen Flimm

In eighteenth-century Spain, Leonore's husband Florestan has been arrested and imprisoned by his villainous noble rival Don Pizzaro, for attempting to expose the latter's crimes. Determined to rescue him, Leonore disguises herself as a boy, Fidelio, and takes a job at the prison where he is being held.

Curated & Introduced by Sunit Tandon