Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fidelio always ends to thrilling effect, no matter the exact qualities of any given performance. And thus it played out with San Francisco Opera’s new production, robustly conducted by its new music director Eun Sun Kim (seen Oct. 17th).
The audience erupted with enthusiasm at the finale, perhaps as much with joy at sitting in the opera house again—a kind of liberation—as for but the ‘return to live’ still remains fresh for many people.
