Guild Hall: ‘Fidelio’, Beethoven’s Only Opera / The Met — Live in HD — March 15, 1 to 4 PM

SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1-4 PM

THE MET: LIVE IN HD–FIDELIO

Following a string of awe-inspiring Live in HD performances, Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Leonore, the faithful wife who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny in Beethoven’s Fidelio.

Completing the distinguished cast is British tenor David Butt Philip as the political prisoner Florestan, Polish bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as the villainous Don Pizarro, veteran German bass René Pape as the jailer Rocco, Chinese soprano Ying Fang and German tenor Magnus Dietrich as the young Marzelline and Jaquino, and Danish bass Stephen Milling as the principled Don Fernando. Susanna Mälkki conducts the March 15 performance, which will be transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide.

Concessions, including wine, beer, and cocktails, will be available for purchase before and during all programs at Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar in the lobby. Harbor Market sandwiches and baked goods from South Fork Bakery will be available for purchase at all opera events. Refreshments are permitted in the theater.

Temporary Box Office Hours:

Fridays, 12-5 PM

Performing Arts programming is supported in part by funding from Galia Meiri-Stawski and Axel Stawski, Henry and Peggy Schleiff, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and Monica and Peter Tessler. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming. 

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Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: John and Joan D’Addario, Natascia Ayers and Jim Ciquera, Christine and Bill Campbell, Gabrielle and Gianpaolo de Felice, Lena Kaplan, Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan, Michèle and Steve Pesner, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel, Jayne Baron Sherman and Deborah Zum, Stacey and Oliver Stanton, Leila Straus, Susi and Peter Wunsch, and Andrew Yuder and Kyle Glaeser.  

The Met Opera simulcasts at Guild Hall are made possible in part through the generosity of: 

Grand Tier: Louise and Howie Phanstiel, and Ellen E. Myers 

Dress Circle: Norma Giorgetti in memory of Mary-Anne Szabaga, Patti Kenner in memory of Judith and Gus Leiber, David Seeler and Ngaere Macray, Irene Silverman, and Norbert Weissberg 

Balcony Circle: Gabrielle Bamberger, Susan Blair, Arlene Bujese in memory of Marcel Bally, Hat Edwards, Jeannette and H. Peter Kriendler Charitable Trust, Joan Osborne, and Veronica Stephens. 

We thank Ann and Gloria Cestone, in memoriam, for their love of opera.  

A scene from Beethoven’s Fidelio. Video courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.