At the time, Thomas Mann remarked: "What amount of apathy was needed to listen to Fidelio in Himmler's Germany without covering their faces and rushing out of the hall!"
V té době spisovatel Thomas Mann poznamenal: Kolik apatie bylo potřeba , aby poslouchali Fidelia v Himmlerovském Německu, aniž by si zakryli tváře a utekli ze sálu!