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CANCELLED Royal Opera House: FIDELIO ( Beethoven)

Sun, 22nd March, 2020 @ 14:00pm - 17:00pm

£8 – £13

17th March 2020

Corona Virus :

We are stopping all SpArC Theatre events from today .

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CANCELLED

FIDELIO (NEW PRODUCTION)

Cinema encore Sunday 22 March 2020

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann plays the political prisoner Florestan, and Lise Davidsen his wife Leonore (disguised as ‘Fidelio’) who daringly sets out to rescue him. Set in strong counterpoint are the ingredients of domestic intrigue, determined love and the cruelty of an oppressive regime. The music is transcendent throughout and includes the famous Act I Quartet, the Prisoners’ Chorus and Florestan’s impassioned Act II cry in the darkness and vision of hope. Tobias Kratzer’s new staging brings together the dark reality of the French Revolutionary ‘Terror’ and our own time to illuminate Fidelio’s inspiring message of shared humanity.

Sung in German with English subtitles

Approximate running time: about 2 hours 30 minutes

Music Ludwig van Beethoven

Libretto Joseph Sonnleithner,
Stephan von Breuning and
George Friedrich Treitschke

Conductor Antonio Pappano

Director Tobias Kratzer

Set and costume designer
Rainer Sellmaier

Lighting designer Michael Bauer

Video designer Manuel Braun

Leonore (Fidelio) Lise Davidsen

Florestan Jonas Kaufmann

Rocco Georg Zeppenfeld

Don Pizarro Simon Neal

Marzelline Amanda Forsythe

Dramaturg Bettina Bartz

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Details

Date:
Sun, 22nd March, 2020
Time:
14:00pm - 17:00pm
Cost:
£8 – £13
Event Category:

Venue

Sparc Theatre
Brampton Rd
Bishops Castle, SY9 5AQ
Phone:
01588 638321

Organiser

Liz Still