Word: fidelio
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...Already, it's been quite a ride. The season opened last October in grand fashion, with orchestra maestro Zubin Mehta conducting Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera, and tenor Peter Seiffert - deemed "the best Florestan [Fidelio's leading man] performing today" by one critic - leading a stellar cast. On Dec. 2, however, a mechanical failure of the hall's stage works that forced the cancellation of several performances demonstrated just how risky and tenuous such triumphs can be. A temporary fix has salvaged the season, but the brief hiatus turned the spotlight on the scale of Valencia's ambition...
...first piece, perhaps fittingly an overture to Beethoven’s Fidelio, is frequently played—and for good reason. Its mixture of emotive passages from the woodwinds and triumphant cadences from the strings make for an enjoyable and meaningful experience. Though the opening was a little shaky, the orchestra pulled it together for the most part by the middle and end of the overture. However, the winds struggled throughout, as the clarinets and the French horns both frequently botched their entrances and strayed from pitch...
...Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $5 general admission, $2 Adams House residents. (AMF)Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Concert. Through Dec. 3. The HRO performs Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9.” The program also includes Beethoven’s “Fidelio Overture,” Mendelssohn’s “Verleih uns Frieden,” and Haydn’s “Te Deum.” Sanders Theatre. 8 p.m. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $16/12 general admission, $12/8 students. (AMF)Three...
Friday, Dec. 2—Saturday Dec. 3. Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Haydn. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra takes on such classics as Haydn’s “Te Deum” and Beethoven’s “Fidelio Overture,” accompanied by the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus. Sanders Theatre. Tickets $12-16; students $8-12. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office, online, or by subscription...
...Japanese ever claimed that they had discovered a set of eternal truths of universal application. In any case, what would the texts of Japanese modernity have been - The instructions for a karaoke machine? Europeans, too, lack the inspiring symbols with which American history is littered. The Prisoners' Chorus from Fidelio is no match for the Declaration of Independence...