At the heart of Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio” is the struggle against tyranny and the triumph of liberty and justice. However, lofty ideals mean little in the face of an impending blizzard.

With the threat of perhaps a foot and a half of snow falling over the weekend, the period instrument orchestra Grand Harmonie made a prudent decision late last night to move their Saturday performance to this evening. So the U.S. premiere of “Fidelio” on authentic instruments will take place TONIGHT at 7:30 p.m. at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium.

One additional tidbit which may be of interest – the performance will be streamed live over YouTube. You can enjoy it in real time here:

Everything else remains as stated in my article in today’s Trenton Times:

http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2016/01/classical_music_grand_harmonie.html

More about Grand Harmonie at http://www.grandharmonie.org/.

“…the
Rain is no respecter of persons
the snow doesn’t give a soft white
damn Whom it touches”

e.e. cummings