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: [ Ссылка ]

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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