Performance

Venue	Grand Theatre and Opera House
	Also: Howard Assembly Room
Town	Leeds
County	West Yorkshire
From	14th April 2011
To	13th May 2011
When	Apr 14, 16, 30, May 6, 13 at 19:30
Grand Theatre and Opera House (V975)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Fidelio

Work:: Fidelio (S1932)

"Fidelio" is the name assumed by Leonore, whose innocent husband Florestan has been imprisoned without trial by a corrupt political regime. Her risky two-year search for him has led to her disguising herself as a political agent, and infiltrating the prison where she believes him to be incarcerated Her fears are justified, and she even finds herself digging his grave, prior to summary execution. The moving love-story of their apparently doomed reconciliation reaches heights of joy when an unexpected amnesty leads to his release, and her pardon form impersonation.

Music	Beethoven
Lyrics	Joseph von Sonnleithner
Music	Stephan von Breuning
Lyrics	Georg Friedrich Treitschke (after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's French libretto Leonore ou L'amour conjugal)

Production:: (T01286252295)

Sung in German with English titles. Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Company	Opera North
Conductor	Richard Armstrong (Sir)
Director	Tim Albery
Design	Stewart laing
Costume	Stewart Laing
Lighting	Peter Mumford
Performer	Emma Bell (Leonore)
Performer	Steven Harrison (Florestan)
Performer	Jeremy White (Rocco)
Performer	Fflur Wyn (Marzelline)
Performer	Joshua Ellicott (Jaquino)
Performer	Andrew Foster-Williams (Don Pizarro)
Performer	Robert Winslade Anderson (Don Fernando)
Performer	Paul Rendall (Prisoner 1)
Performer	Garrick Forbes (Prisoner 2)

Listing:: L01554164778

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in German with English titles. Running time: 2hrs 30mins

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