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Perhaps best-known for the musical West Side Story, composer Leonard Bernstein was one of the most accomplished and influential musicians of the 20th century. For fifteen years, beginning in 1958, Bernstein attempted to turn the youth of America on to music through a series of televised performances called Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts. Featuring solos by Forest Warren, Anita Darian, Howard Ross, and David Cumberland, this episode features Bernstein conducting segments from Ludwig van Beethoven's one and only opera, Fidelio. Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts: Fidelio - A Celebration of Life originally aired on March 29, 1970.