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

Cast/Performers

Rebecca von Lipinski (Leonore), Peter Wedd (Florestan), Darren Jeffery (Don Pizarro), Stephen Richardson (Rocco), Jennifer France (Marzelline), Sam Furness (Jaquino), Joshua Bloom (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)
Presented by: Garsington Opera
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Director: John Cox
Design: Gary McCann
Lighting: Howard Hudson
Company: Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus