Beethoven's "Fidelio"

Dates (all at 7:30 pm)	Venues
Saturday 2 June, 2001	RiverHouse Barn Arts Centre, Manor Road, Walton (click here for a map - slow!)
Sunday 3 June, 2001	RiverHouse Barn Arts Centre (as above)
Saturday 9 June, 2001	St Michael's Church Hall, Elmwood Road, London W4 (click here for a map - slow!) Click for recording or photos
Sunday 10 June, 2001	Trinity Church, Mansel Road, Wimbledon, SW19 (click here for a map - slow! NB Mansel Rd is one-way towards Wimbledon Hill Road)
Tickets £8.00 (£4.00 concessions, under-16s)	Available on the door or phone 020 8742 2596. Email enquiries to John Rolt

For a synopsis, please link here

For the performance history, link to OperaGlass

For a libretto in German and, er, Spanish, link here

Even more Fidelio links here

Performers in order of appearance
Narrator	John Rolt
Jacquino, Rocco's assistant	David Menezes (tenor)
Marzelline, Rocco's maid	Dawn Rolt (soprano)
Rocco, the gaoler	Christopher Wright (bass-baritone)
Leonore, Florestan's wife, disguised as the youth 'Fidelio'	Sue Riley (soprano)
Florestan, imprisoned without trial	Jeremy Valentine (tenor)
Don Pizarro, prison governor	Rupert Whitaker (bass)
Don Fernando, Minister of State	Colin Anthony (bass)
Prisoners and Populace	Lucy Floyer, Hazel Hart, Caroline Morgan, Kay Riddle, Sarah Evans, Camilla von Massenbach, Janet Smith, Brian Barker, Kristian Evans, Malcolm Welchman, Adam Cherrett, Tim Evans, John Rolt, Tony Speakman
"Orchestra" (piano duet)	Jan Cunningham and Alistair Jones
Music Director	Alistair Jones

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