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Now almost exactly two hundred years old, Beethoven's Fidelio still has the power to move us with its universal theme of the triumph of love and freedom over oppression. Jurgen Flimm's updated production, with designs by Robert Israel and costumes by Florence Von Gerkan, engendered some critical controversy upon its premiere at the Met in 2000, but much of the New York audience received it rapturously. Lyric Opera's splendid remounting (seen...
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