Performance

Venue	The Hexagon
Town	Reading
County	Berkshire
From	10th March 1998
To	14th March 1998
The Hexagon (V734)
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:: (T0495469185)

Company	English Touring Opera
Conductor	Andrew Greenwood
Conductor	John Gibbons
Director	Robert Chevara
Design	Es Devlin
Lighting	Bruno Poet
Translation	David Pountney
Performer	Susan Stacey
Performer	Geraint Dodd
Performer	Denise Mulholland
Performer	Mark Glanville
Performer	Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts
Performer	Simon Wilding
Performer	Paul Hudson

Listing:: L0860098610

Mar: 11, 13

Current production:Work

Production details

Mar: 11, 13

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