Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	1st March 2020
To	17th March 2020
When	Mar 1 at 15:00. Mar 3, 6, 9, 13, 17 at 19:30
Royal Opera House (V377)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 15 May 19 - T016120949

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:: (T016120949)

Sung in German with English surtitles

Producer	Royal Opera
Conductor	Antonio Pappano
Director	Tobias Kratzer
Design	Rainer Sellmaier
Costume	Rainer Sellmaier
Lighting	Michael Bauer
Design	Manuel Braun (video design)
Dramaturg	Bettina Bartz
Performer	Lise Davidsen
Performer	Jonas Kaufmann

Listing:: L882590194

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in German with English surtitles

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