Details

"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. Concert performances sung in German.

Cast/Performers

Anne Evans (Leonora), Ian Caley (Florestan), Lynda Russell (Marzelina), Stafford Dean (Rocco), Barry Banks (Jaquino), Matthew Best (Don Pizarro), Phillip Ens (Don Fernando)

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)
Company(s): City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus