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

Cast/Performers

Charlotte Margiono, Reinhard Hagen, Kim Begley, Steven Page, Alan Opie, Lisa Milne, Timothy Robinson

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: Glyndebourne Touring Opera
Director: Deborah Warner
Design: Jean Kalman
Lighting: Jean Kalman
Costume: John Bright
Conductor: Simon Rattle