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"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.

Creatives/Company

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

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Archive listings for Fidelio (2024)

Work type: Opera or Operetta. There are performances of this work in the listings (current and future) database, see Fidelio

T370240419

Sung in German with English surtitlesProducer Royal Opera. Conductor Alexander Soddy. Director Tobias Kratzer. Design Rainer Sellmaier. Costume Rainer Sellmaier. Lighting Michael Bauer. Design Manuel Braun (video design). DramaturgBettina Bartz. Performer Jennifer Davis. Performer Eric Cutler. Performer Dmitry Belosselskiy. Performer Christina Gansch. Performer Michael Gibson.

9 Oct 24 to 26 Oct 24

Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L01285443222

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