Fidelio

Equilbey draws eloquent performances and achieves the stirring climax in which Beethoven idealistically hymns the heroic aspirations of mankind to come together : a much-needed message for our time.

Au rideau final, un public enthousiaste se déchaîne, conscient qu'il vient d'assister à une grande soirée d'opéra.

This was, though, a reminder of Beethoven's genius : and Equilbey left us in no doubt as to the power of this piece, Time and time again, be it in Beethoven, Weber, or Schumann, or others, she proves that in rethinking the familiar and meeting it anew, the revelations necessarily follow.