Fidelio

Opera or Operetta :: show/work:S1932, production/tour:T1562898566

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29 Mar 11 to 16 Apr 11

Fidelio Opera or Operetta :: listing:L0606977351, production:T1562898566, show:S1932, venue: V377

Royal Opera House West End Greater London

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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.

Performers Nina Stemme (Leonore), Endrik Wottirch (Florestan), Kurt Rydl (Rocco), Willard W. White (Don Fernando), Elizabeth Watts (Marzelline), John Wegner (Don Pizarro), Steven Ebel (Jaquino), Ji Hyun Kim (First Prisoner), Dawid Kimberg (Second Prisoner). Music Beethoven. Lyrics Joseph von Sonnleithner. Music Stephan von Breuning. Lyrics Georg Friedrich Treitschke (after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's French libretto Leonore ou L'amour conjugal). Producer Royal Opera House. Director Jurgen Flimm. Conductor Mark Elder. Conductor David Syrus. Design Robert Israel. Costume Florence von Gerkan. Lighting Duane Schuler.