Suspecting her missing husband is being held as a political prisoner, a noblewoman disguises herself as a male prison guard. She discovers him weakened in the darkest dungeon but will she be able to rescue him before it is too late?
Dutch National Opera’s production will be unlike any Fidelio you may have seen before. In Ukrainian stage director Andriy Zholdak’s version, Beethoven’s opera is depicted through symbols, video projections and spoken texts. A master of imagery, Zholdak tells the story of this rescue opera as an imaginary fight between good and evil forces, in every person and in the universe. The central couple Leonore (Fidelio) and Florestan must fight a battle with the devil-like Pizarro to restore harmony within themselves and the world. Zholdak makes numerous references to devils, such as snakes, fallen angels and mirrors. It seems that evil disrupts everything - except the music, which is performed by a world-class cast with the prestigious Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 6 July 2024 at 19:00 CET to 6 November 2024 at 12:00 CET:
CAST
Don Fernando
Mark Kurmanbayev
Florestan
Eric Cutler
Rocco
James Creswell
Don Pizarro
Nicholas Brownlee
Leonore
Jacquelyn Wagner
Marzelline
Anna El-Khashem
Jaquino
Linard Vrielink
First prisoner
Stefan Kennedy
Second prisoner
Peter Arink
Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Chorus
Dutch National Opera Chorus
Music
Ludwig van Beethoven
Text
Joseph Sonnleithner
New dialogues by Andriy Zholdak
Conductor
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Director & lighting
Andriy Zholdak
Sets
Andriy Zholdak
Daniel Zholdak
Costumes
Andriy Zholdak
Simon Machabeli
Video
Etienne Guiol
Video assistant
Malo Lacroix
Dramaturg
Luc Joosten
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