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 surtitles. Running time 2 hours 45 minutes. New Production

Cast/Performers

Endrik Wottrich (Florestan May07 27 / 30 Jun07 5 / 9 / 12 / 18 / 21), Simon O'Neill (Florestan - Jun07 14 / 16 / 24), Karita Mattila (Leonore - May07 27 / 30 Jun07 5 / 9 / 12 / 16 / 21 / 24), Yvonne Howard (Jun07 14 / 18), Eric Halfvarson (Rocco), Ailish Tynan (Marzeline), Robert Murray (Jaquino - May07 27 / 30 Jun07 5 / 9 / 12 / 14 / 16), Andrew Staples (Jaquino - Jun07 18 / 21 / 24), Terje Stensvold (Don Pizarro), Robert Lloyd (May07 27 / 30 Jun07 5 / 9 / 18 / 21 / 24), Konrad Jarnot (Don Fernando - Jun07 12 / 14 / 16), Haoyin Xue (First Prisoner), Krzysztof Szumanski (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: Royal Opera
Conductor(s): Antonio Pappano, Rory Macdonald (Jun 18)
Director: Jurgen Flimm
Design: Robert Israel
Costume: Florence von Gerkan
Lighting: Duane Schuler