Fidelio

Archive Listings for Fidelio

T01286252295 (ON11) Sung in German with English titles. Running time: 2hrs 30minsCompany Opera North. Conductor Richard Armstrong (Sir). Director Tim Albery. Design Stewart laing. Costume Stewart Laing. Lighting Peter Mumford. Performer Emma Bell (Leonore). Performer Steven Harrison (Florestan). Performer Jeremy White (Rocco). Performer Fflur Wyn (Marzelline). Performer Joshua Ellicott (Jaquino). Performer Andrew Foster-Williams (Don Pizarro). Performer Robert Winslade Anderson (Don Fernando). Performer Paul Rendall (Prisoner 1). Performer Garrick Forbes (Prisoner 2).
4 Jun 11	The Sage, Gateshead :: V1744216401 listing details L1803613684
25 May 11 to 28 May 11	Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V458 listing details L01160655686
18 May 11 to 21 May 11	The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L01006596136
14 Apr 11 to 13 May 11	Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975 listing details L01554164778
T1562898566 (ROH11) Producer Royal Opera House. Director Jurgen Flimm. Conductor Mark Elder. Conductor David Syrus. Design Robert Israel. Costume Florence von Gerkan. Lighting Duane Schuler. Performer Nina Stemme (Leonore). Performer Endrik Wottirch (Florestan). Performer Kurt Rydl (Rocco). Performer Willard W. White (Don Fernando). Performer Elizabeth Watts (Marzelline). Performer John Wegner (Don Pizarro). Performer Steven Ebel (Jaquino). Performer Ji Hyun Kim (First Prisoner). Performer Dawid Kimberg (Second Prisoner).
29 Mar 11 to 16 Apr 11	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L0606977351
T01674068709 (WNO10) Sung in German with surtitles in EnglishCompany Welsh National Opera. Performer Lisa Milne (Leonore). Performer Dennis O'Neill (Florestan). Performer Phillip Joll (Don Pizarro). Performer Petros Magoulas (Rocco). Performer Elizabeth Donovan (Marzelline). Performer Robin Tritschler (Jaquino).
1 Dec 10 to 3 Dec 10	New Theatre (formerly known as Apollo Theatre), Oxford :: V802 listing details L01149060453
24 Nov 10 to 26 Nov 10	Mayflower Theatre, Southampton :: V774 listing details L0792539093
10 Nov 10 to 12 Nov 10	Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145 listing details L0732141923
5 Nov 10	Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool :: V534 listing details L0847844414
20 Oct 10 to 22 Oct 10	Hippodrome, Bristol :: V856 listing details L01200930179
14 Oct 10	Grand Theatre, Swansea :: V831 listing details L1581389825
17 Sep 10 to 8 Oct 10	Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935 listing details L0229404880
T01261057536 (HOLLAND10) Sung in German with English surtitles.Producer Holland Park Opera. Company City of London Sinfonia. Conductor Peter Robinson. Director Olivia Fuchs. Design Jamie Vartan. Performer Yvonne Howard (Leonore). Performer Tom Randle (Florestan). Performer Stephen Richardson (Rocco). Performer Sarah Redgwick (Marzelline). Performer Nicky Spence (Jaquino). Performer Phillip Joll (Don Pizarro). Performer Njabulo Madlala (Don Fernando). Performer Peter Kent (First Prisoner). Performer Henry Grant Kerswell (Second Prisoner).
1 Jul 10 to 13 Jul 10	Holland Park Open Air Theatre, Inner London :: V203 listing details L0477702053
T565917041 (GARSINGTON09) Sung in GermanCompany Garsington Opera. Conductor Douglas Boyd. Director John Cox. Design Gary McCann. Performer Rebecca von Lipinski. Performer Peter Wedd. Performer Frode Olsen. Performer Segei Leiferkus. Performer Claire Ormshaw. Performer Pascal Charbonneau. Performer Pauls Putnins.
3 Jun 09 to 3 Jul 09	Wormsley Estate (previously operated from Garsington Manor), High Wycombe :: V798 listing details L274555184
T1786256012 (ROH07) Sung in German with English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 45 minutes. New ProductionProducer Royal Opera. Conductor Antonio Pappano. Conductor Rory Macdonald (Jun 18). Director Jurgen Flimm. Design Robert Israel. Costume Florence von Gerkan. Lighting Duane Schuler. Performer Endrik Wottrich (Florestan May07 27/30 Jun07 5/9/12/18/21). Performer Simon O'Neill (Florestan - Jun07 14/16/24). Performer Karita Mattila (Leonore - May07 27/30 Jun07 5/9/12/16/21/24). Performer Yvonne Howard (Jun07 14/18). Performer Eric Halfvarson (Rocco). Performer Ailish Tynan (Marzeline). Performer Robert Murray (Jaquino - May07 27/30 Jun07 5/9/12/14/16). Performer Andrew Staples (Jaquino - Jun07 18/21/24). Performer Terje Stensvold (Don Pizarro). Performer Robert Lloyd (May07 27/30 Jun07 5/9/18/21/24). Performer Konrad Jarnot (Don Fernando - Jun07 12/14/16). Performer Haoyin Xue (First Prisoner). Performer Krzysztof Szumanski (Second Prisoner).
27 May 07 to 24 Jun 07	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L1947037335
T01705566492 (SCOTOP05) Company Scottish Opera. Director Tim Albery. Conductor Richard Armstrong. Conductor Derek Clark. Design Simon Daw (after Stewart Laing). Lighting Peter Mumford. Performer Colin Judson. Performer Sarah Redgwick. Performer Ulrich Dunnebach. Performer Elizabeth Byrne. Performer Peter Sidhom. Performer Ian Storey. Performer Michael George.
25 May 05 to 10 Jun 05	Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623 listing details L312333135
T01178923132 (PARK04) Sung in EnglishCompany Park Opera.
18 Jun 04 to 19 Jun 04	South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre, Bracknell :: V731 listing details L460294767
T806473603 (CAD03) Sung in German with English surtitlesCompany Cadogan Opera. Company Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Director Olivia Fuchs. Conductor Peter Robinson. Design Jamie Vartan. Lighting Giuseppe Di Iorio. Performer Yvonne Howard. Performer Alan Oke. Performer Nicholas Folwell. Performer Conal Coad. Performer Sarah Redgwick. Performer Christopher Saunders. Performer Timothy Dawkins. Performer Peter Kent.
10 Jun 03 to 28 Jun 03	Holland Park Open Air Theatre, Inner London :: V203 listing details L01600458550
T0509771900 (GLDTOUR) Sung in German with English supertitles. A new production by [Deborah Sarner premiered at the 2001 Festival.Company Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Director Deborah Warner. Design Jean Kalman. Lighting Jean Kalman. Costume John Bright. Conductor Simon Rattle. Performer Charlotte Margiono. Performer Reinhard Hagen. Performer Kim Begley. Performer Steven Page. Performer Alan Opie. Performer Lisa Milne. Performer Timothy Robinson.
4 Dec 01 to 7 Dec 01	Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent :: V124 listing details L1388177035
27 Nov 01 to 30 Nov 01	New Theatre (formerly known as Apollo Theatre), Oxford :: V802 listing details L1229650501
20 Nov 01 to 23 Nov 01	Theatre Royal, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L0581104862
13 Nov 01 to 16 Nov 01	Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes :: V754 listing details L1834237660
30 Oct 01 to 2 Nov 01	New Victoria Theatre, Woking :: V709 listing details L19308536
26 May 01 to 11 Jul 01	Glyndebourne, Lewes :: V671 listing details L1058163270
T01454261649 (GLDTOUR) In German with English supertitlesCompany Glyndebourne Touring Opera.
6 Nov 01 to 9 Nov 01	Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72 listing details L157376974
T01873513220 (SYMP99) Concert performances sung in German.Company City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Company City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus. Performer Anne Evans (Leonora). Performer Ian Caley (Florestan). Performer Lynda Russell (Marzelina). Performer Stafford Dean (Rocco). Performer Barry Banks (Jaquino). Performer Matthew Best (Don Pizarro). Performer Phillip Ens (Don Fernando).
9 Jan 99 to 14 Jan 99	Symphony Hall, Birmingham :: V148 listing details L01534538797
T0495469185 (ENO98) Company English Touring Opera. Conductor Andrew Greenwood. Conductor John Gibbons. Director Robert Chevara. Design Es Devlin. Lighting Bruno Poet. Translation David Pountney. Performer Susan Stacey. Performer Geraint Dodd. Performer Denise Mulholland. Performer Mark Glanville. Performer Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts. Performer Simon Wilding. Performer Paul Hudson.
2 Dec 98 to 4 Dec 98	The Opera House, Buxton :: V424 listing details L0778090979
27 Nov 98	Sands Centre, Carlisle :: V2 listing details L01820497756
24 Nov 98	The Anvil, Basingstoke :: V765 listing details L0947148940
18 Nov 98 to 20 Nov 98	Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L02141319401
11 Nov 98 to 13 Nov 98	Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury :: V674 listing details L0997012742
6 Nov 98	The Playhouse, Weston-Super-Mare :: V865 listing details L0829911367
3 Nov 98	Kings Theatre Portsmouth, Southsea :: V780 listing details L1470277951
30 Oct 98	Lyceum Theatre, Crewe :: V470 listing details L1236763055
27 Oct 98	The Orchard, Dartford :: V677 listing details L777600598
21 Oct 98 to 23 Oct 98	Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe :: V749 listing details L699130575
15 Oct 98 to 17 Oct 98	Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L1283484245
27 May 98 to 29 May 98	Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L0370855028
20 May 98 to 22 May 98	Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham :: V90 listing details L01964044873
15 May 98	The Coro (Coronation Hall Theatre ), Ulverston :: V8 listing details L1763035083
12 May 98	Charter Theatre, Preston :: V524 listing details L1860897093
6 May 98 to 8 May 98	Theatre Royal, Lincoln :: V442 listing details L0704570882
1 May 98	The Hawth, Crawley :: V720 listing details L02137377387
28 Apr 98	Hall for Cornwall, Truro :: V1183 listing details L0533469944
22 Apr 98 to 24 Apr 98	Northcott Theatre, Exeter :: V886 listing details L1621004637
20 Apr 98 to 24 Apr 98	Arts Theatre, Cambridge :: V19 listing details L01645771514
15 Apr 98 to 17 Apr 98	Octagon Theatre, Bolton :: V480 listing details L0656759086
15 Apr 98 to 17 Apr 98	Octagon Theatre, Yeovil :: V919 listing details L128704591
3 Apr 98	Civic Theatre, Darlington :: V562 listing details L1567484522
31 Mar 98	Ipswich Regent, Ipswich :: V79 listing details L0928125448
25 Mar 98 to 27 Mar 98	Peacock Theatre, Inner London :: V222 listing details L01216415404
18 Mar 98 to 20 Mar 98	Theatre Royal, Brighton :: V657 listing details L01084184111
10 Mar 98 to 14 Mar 98	The Hexagon, Reading :: V734 listing details L0860098610
3 Mar 98 to 6 Mar 98	Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L01353565122
T29276231 (WNO97) New production sung in German with English surtitles.Company Welsh National Opera. Conductor Carlo Rizzi. Conductor Gareth Jones. Performer Rebecca Evans. Performer Peter Hoare. Performer Gudjon Oskarsson. Performer Suzanne Murphy. Performer Gidon Saks. Performer Adrian Thompson. Performer Andrew Greenan.
18 Nov 97 to 21 Nov 97	Hippodrome, Bristol :: V856 listing details L641821088
11 Nov 97 to 14 Nov 97	Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool :: V534 listing details L01667039307
4 Nov 97 to 7 Nov 97	Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145 listing details L734134643
28 Oct 97 to 31 Oct 97	Mayflower Theatre, Southampton :: V774 listing details L02029739168
14 Oct 97 to 17 Oct 97	Theatre Royal, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L172213458
7 Oct 97 to 10 Oct 97	New Theatre (formerly known as Apollo Theatre), Oxford :: V802 listing details L789196205
12 Sep 97 to 2 Oct 97	New Theatre, Cardiff :: V823 listing details L01380838395
T01690194808 (GOH) Conductor Stephen Barlow. Company Opera Northern Ireland. Director Matthew Francis. Design Isabella Bywater.
14 Sep 96 to 20 Sep 96	Grand Opera House, Belfast :: V548 listing details L664891855

Details

Opera or Operetta :: "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.

Music	Beethoven
Lyrics	Joseph von Sonnleithner
Design	ephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's French libretto Leonore ou L'amour conjugal