The North Carolina Opera opens the season on November 14 with Beethoven’s only opera, FIDELIO. The NCO Orchestra and Chorus, under the baton of Arthur Fagen, will present a concert performance. Alexandra LoBianco sings Leonore; Joseph Barron is the villain Pizarro, Carl Tanner is Florestan, and Kenneth Kellogg is Rocco.
More info at the following link: https://www.ncopera.org/2021-22-season/fidelio-3/
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