Performance

Venue	Garsington Opera
	Also: Wormsley Estate
Town	High Wycombe
County	Buckinghamshire
From	6th June 2014
To	13th July 2014
When	Jun14 6, 8, 15, 18, 21, 28, Jul14 1, 5, 10, 13 at 18:20
Garsington Opera (V798)
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Date of change: 31 Oct 13 - T97703503

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:: (T97703503)

Sung in German

Presented by	Garsington Opera
Conductor	Douglas Boyd
Director	John Cox
Design	Gary McCann
Lighting	Howard Hudson
Company	Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Performer	Rebecca von Lipinski (Leonore)
Performer	Peter Wedd (Florestan)
Performer	Darren Jeffery (Don Pizarro)
Performer	Stephen Richardson (Rocco)
Performer	Jennifer France (Marzelline)
Performer	Sam Furness (Jaquino)
Performer	Joshua Bloom (Don Fernando)

Listing:: L02050408890

25th Anniversary Season

Current production:Work

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Sung in German 25th Anniversary Season

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