From a 2000 production of Beethoven's Fidelio at the Met. Falk Struckmann (Don Pizzaro), Karita Mattila (Leonore), Jennifer Welch-Babidge (Marzelline), Matthew Polenzani (Jaquino), René Pape (Rocco). Jürgen Flimm, production; James Levine, conductor.
Love this song! Best villian ever.
ErktheEngineer 2 years ago 3
Absolutely great musically! But as for the staging...how original! A performance with "updated" costumes!!! When are directors are going to grow up and out of this nonsense? Each opera (or theatre play) is set at a specific time. They should respect that and present the play accordingly. Herbert von Karajan never went for this kind of nonsense - the performances he conducted were always faithful to the context of the plot...sadly, he was an exception in the last few decades.
majortom51970 3 months ago