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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

Lise Davidsen, Jonas Kaufmann

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: Royal Opera
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director: Tobias Kratzer
Design(s): Rainer Sellmaier, Manuel Braun (video design)
Costume: Rainer Sellmaier
Lighting: Michael Bauer
Dramaturg: Bettina Bartz

Fidelio

Fidelio (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T016120949. Details of all Fidelio archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1932

Archive Listings

1 Mar 20
  to
17 Mar 20
Royal Opera House
West End, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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