{"id":2329,"date":"2013-02-02T14:24:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T03:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbourneopera.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=2329"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:02:09","slug":"fidelio-2013","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/melbourneopera.com\/?project=fidelio-2013","title":{"rendered":"Fidelio (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/melbourneopera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/melbourne-operas-tristan-isolde-e28093-neal-cooper-lee-abrahmsen.jpeg&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; 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Florestan has been unjustly imprisoned by his enemy Pizarro. His wife Leonora disguises herself as a youth, gets a job in the prison, and audaciously attempts to rescue her husband. Right triumphs and the opera ends with one of the most magnificent of Beethoven&#8217;s choral scenes, a ringing assertion of freedom and justice.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Opera has assembled a superb cast featuring Donna Maree Dunlop, Jason Wasley, Roger Howell and Steven Gallop, with a specially augmented Melbourne Opera Chorus and Orchestra all under the musical direction of the eminent international conductor Dr David Kram. 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