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)

Listing:: L0581104862

Theatre Royal

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Current production:Work

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Production details

Sung in German with English supertitles. A new production by [Deborah Sarner premiered at the 2001 Festival. Theatre Royal