Event Description
2024–25 The Met: Live in HD – Beethoven’s Fidelio (Revival)
Following a string of awe-inspiring Live in HD performances, Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Leonore, the faithful wife who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny in Beethoven’s opera Fidelio, first performed in 1805.
Completing the distinguished cast is British tenor David Butt Philip as the political prisoner Florestan, Polish bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as the villainous Don Pizarro, veteran German bass René Pape as the jailer Rocco, Chinese soprano Ying Fang and German tenor Magnus Dietrich as the young Marzelline and Jaquino, and Danish bass Stephen Milling as the principled Don Fernando.
Susanna Mälkki conducts the performance on 15 March 2025, which will be broadcast live from the Met stage to cinemas around the world.
Recorded broadcast – running time: approximately 3hrs 45mins