Beethoven Fidelio
Beethoven Fidelio
10.0/10 by 1 users
When Act 2 of Fidelio is being poured out in the most glorious tones imaginable from Mattila, Heppner and Pape - who can possibly complain? Who would honestly want to replace any of them? Who can fail to be overwhelmed with gratitude to own this disc? If I continue to count our blessings, I might mention the splendid Robert Lloyd drawing us to a thrilling finale as Don Fernando; and Falk Struckmann a convincingly evil Pizarro. So it is certainly not complaining, but fulfilling a reviewer's obligation to tell all, when I admit that Jennifer Welch-Babidge is little more than adequate as Marzelline. One might wish for a purer vocal line in this role - like a Bonney or an Isokoski.
Released Jun 02, 2000
Runtime 2h 3min
Genre Music
Actor Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, René Pape
Director Brian Large & Jürgen Flimm
Production Deutsche Grammophon