Listening to Orpheus (14)
Fidelio is Beethoven’s only opera. He struggled with it and called it “the martyr’s crown”. It is the reverse story of Orpheus. Florestan is imprisoned and his wife Leonore follows him to save him. In his dungeon he sings first of his trust in God, then has a vision of Leonore coming to save him.
Libretto and translation
The Living Room 