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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. Sung in German with English surtitles.

Cast/Performers

Yvonne Howard (Leonore), Tom Randle (Florestan), Stephen Richardson (Rocco), Sarah Redgwick (Marzelline), Nicky Spence (Jaquino), Phillip Joll (Don Pizarro), Njabulo Madlala (Don Fernando), Peter Kent (First Prisoner), Henry Grant Kerswell (Second Prisoner)

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)
Producer: Holland Park Opera
Company: City of London Sinfonia
Conductor: Peter Robinson
Director: Olivia Fuchs
Design: Jamie Vartan

Fidelio

Fidelio (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T01261057536. Details of all Fidelio archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1932

Archive Listings

1 Jul 10
  to
13 Jul 10
Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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