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S52E21

Great Performances at the Met: Fidelio

Premiere: 7/13/2025 | 0:30 |

In her second role of this season of "Great Performances at the Met," Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny. David Butt Philip is the political prisoner Florestan, sharing the stage with Tomasz Konieczny as the villainous Don Pizarro, René Pape as the jailer Rocco, and Ying Fang as Marzelline.

About the Episode

Premieres beginning Sunday, July 13 on PBS (check local listings)

In her second role of this season of Great Performances at the Met, Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny. David Butt Philip is the political prisoner Florestan, sharing the stage with Tomasz Konieczny as the villainous Don Pizarro, René Pape as the jailer Rocco, and Ying Fang as Marzelline and Magnus Dietrich, in his company debut, as Jaquino. Stephen Milling sings the principled Don Fernando, and Susanna Mälkki conducts the Met’s production which finds modern-day parallels in Beethoven’s stirring eulogy to freedom.
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TRANSCRIPT

Look for the only opera Beethoveen ever composed, Fidelio.

Lise Davidsen stars as Leonora.

But call her — “him” — Fidelio.

Because disguised as a man, she works in a prison to find and free her husband.

But can love and justice triumph over tyranny?

Don't miss Lise Davidsen, David Butt Philip and René Pape when Fidelio comes to Great Performances at the Met.