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Fidelio

American  
[fi-deyl-yoh] / fɪˈdeɪl joʊ /

noun

  1. an opera (1805) by Ludwig van Beethoven.


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His only opera, Fidelio, also dates to those years.

From The Guardian Jul. 1, 2020

After making his professional debut in 1959 as First Prisoner in Beethoven's Fidelio at the Dresden State Opera, he saw his big breakthrough in 1962 as Belmonte in Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2019

Fidelio Marin came in two minutes later and finished second, despite rolling his ankle on one of the final laps.

From Seattle Times Dec. 21, 2019

The ardent tenor David Portillo makes an endearing Jaquino, a worker in the prison who adores Marzelline but has been supplanted, to his dismay, by Fidelio.

From New York Times Mar. 17, 2017

Tío Mundo had been jailed, and Tío Fidelio was maybe dead.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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