Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	22nd August 2009
To	22nd August 2009
When	19:30
Prices	From £12.00. To £54.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Prom 50 - West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Work:: Prom 50 (S5981)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (T1077957644)

Our celebration of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's 10th anniversary ends with Beethoven's only foray into the operatic form. Fidelio is at once a passionate protest against political injustice and a paean to the power of human love. Conducted by Daniel Barenboim, it is sung in German by an international cast, using the English narration written by the orchestra's co-founder, the late Edward Said, in which the opera's heroine describes the events of the day in which she single-handedly rescued her husband from illegal incarceration and summary execution. There will be one interval. Approx finish time: 22:15. Broadcast at 20:10 on BBC Two and live on BBC Radio 3.

Performer	Waltraud Meier (Leonore)
Performer	Simon O'Neill (Florestan)
Performer	Peter Mattei (Don Pizarro)
Performer	John Tomlinson (Sir - Rocco)
Performer	Adriana Kucerova (Marzelline)
Performer	Stephen Rugamer (Jacquino)
Performer	Viktor Rud (Don Fernando)
Company	BBC Singers
Company	Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Company	West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Conductor	Daniel Barenboim

Listing:: L01491599849

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Our celebration of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's 10th anniversary ends with Beethoven's only foray into the operatic form. Fidelio is at once a passionate protest against political injustice and a paean to the power of human love. Conducted by Daniel Barenboim, it is sung in German by an international cast, using the English narration written by the orchestra's co-founder, the late Edward Said, in which the opera's heroine describes the events of the day in which she single-handedly rescued her husband from illegal incarceration and summary execution. There will be one interval. Approx finish time: 22:15. Broadcast at 20:10 on BBC Two and live on BBC Radio 3.

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