An Aria A Day #89
WARWICK FYFE
‘Ha! welch ein Augenblick!’
from Fidelio
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Alex Raineri
Premiering in 1805, ‘Fidelio’ is Beethoven’s only opera. Here Sydney-based baritone Warwick Fyfe performs Pizarro’s rousing Act 1 aria ‘Ha! welch ein Augenblick!’
Did you know… A theatrical mask features on the Beethoven monument by Kaspar von Zumbusch in Vienna, commemorating the composer’s only opera in the city where it premiered.