Fidelio - Premiere - Schedule, Program & Tickets

OPERA in two acts
Text by Georg Friedrich Treitschke & Joseph Sonnleithner & Stephan von Breuning
after J.N. Bouilly

Since Florestan wanted to expose Don Pizarro's brutal and lawless acts of arbitrary rule, the latter, in revenge, imprisoned him in a state prison he ran, where Florestan was forced to vegetate under inhumane conditions.

To free him, his wife, Leonore, disguised as a man under the name Fidelio, hired herself out as a jailer. Leonore actually succeeds in preventing Pizarro's planned assassination of her husband at the last moment. Thus, the just minister, who arrives at the prison for inspection purposes, is able to release his friend Florestan and all the other political prisoners.

Act 1 approx. 70 minutes
Interval approx. 25 minutes
Act 2 approx. 60 minutes

Cast

Don Fernando
Attila Mokus

Don Pizarro
Christopher Maltman

Florestan
David Butt Philip

Leonore
Malin Byström

Rocco
Tareq Nazmi

Marzelline
Florina Ilie

Jaquino
Daniel Jenz

Musical Direction
Franz Welser-Möst

Director
Nikolaus Habjan

Stage Design
Julius Theodor Semmelmann

Costumes
Denise Heschl-Sprung

Lighting Design
Tscheck Franz

Video Design
Judith Selenko

Puppet Designer
Bruno Belil

Text Adapted by
Paulus Hochgatterer

Subject to change.