Antonio Pappano conducts Beethoven's Fidelio – with Lise Davidsen

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, David Butt Philip 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 message of humanity.

Soloists: 

Lise Davidsen (Soprano), Timothy Dawkins (Bass), Amanda Forsythe (Soprano), Filipe Manu (Tenor), Simon Neal (Baritone), David Butt Philip (Tenor), Egils Silins (Bass-Baritone), Robin Tritschler (Tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (Bass)

Ensembles: 

Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Conductor: 

Antonio Pappano