Name: Fidelio
Start: 2022-08-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-08-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Usher Hall

Organization

Edinburgh International Festival

Conductor

Donald Runnicles

Tenor

Clay Hilley

Florestan

Soprano

Jennifer Davis

Leonore

Baritone

Markus Brück

Don Pizzaro

Bass

Willard White

Don Fernando

Gideon Poppe

Jaquino

Kim-Lillian Strebel

Marzelline

Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

Gearmáinis

Fidelio

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Usher Hall

Fidelio Beethoven

Public

Béarla

Approved

Sir Donald Runnicles conducts this concert performance of Beethoven's only opera, telling a moving story of a wife's devotion and the resilience of human nature.
The General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, acclaimed conductor Sir Donald Runnicles, leads a concert performance of the quintessential rescue opera Fidelio .

An activist is thrown into jail after attempting to expose a brutal regime’s crimes and corruption. Left to die in his cell, his only hope lies with his wife Leonora – who will go to any lengths to free her beloved from the chains of oppression.

Beethoven’s only opera is a moving tribute to the power of love and the enlightening strength of humanity that resonates with us today more than ever. Its music – from stirring choruses to the most intimate of arias – continues to delight and inspire.

Visionary conductor Runnicles leads a fine cast of soloists, as well as London’s exceptional Philharmonia Orchestra, as part of the ensemble’s residency at International Festival 2022.

English

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Ensemble