Organization

Singer

Soprano

Katrin Gerstenberger

Leonore

Tenor

Heiko Börner

Florestan

Bass

Dong-Won Seo

Rocco

Baritone

Wieland Satter

Don Pizzaro

Jana Baumeister

Marzelline

Karola Sophia Schmid

Michael Pegher

Jaquino

Werner Volker Meyer

Don Fernando

Thomas Mehnert

Daniel Ewald

First prisoner

Second prisoner

Conductor

Daniel Cohen

Jan Croonenbroeck

Stage director

Paul-Georg Dittrich

Set designer

Lena Schmid

Costume designer

Anna Rudolph

Video designer

Kay Wido Meyer

Chorus master

Sören Eckhoff

Dramaturge

Carolin Müller-Dohle

Staatstheater Darmstadt

Fidelio

Darmstadt

Germany

Staatstheater

Großes Haus

Fidelio Beethoven

Approved

At the table with Fidelio / Fidelio / Staatstheater Darmstadt

Am Tisch mit Fidelio / Fidelio / Staatstheater Darmstadt

Fidelio / Trailer / Staatstheater Darmstadt

"A strong impression and at the same time a convincing plea for a resolutely contemporary music theatre." Darmstädter Echo

"The controversial Fidelio productions [...] were mostly the better ones." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

"There is the pathetic jubilation and its questioning at the same time. The director and the composer are not getting too close to Beethoven, but to us. What more can opera achieve?" concerti

Composed as a “rescue opera” in the spirit of the French Revolution, Beethoven’s only opera “ Fidelio“ the overcoming of arbitrariness and tyranny shaped power structures by a death-defying woman: Leonore. Disguised as a man and using the alias Fidelio, she manages to free her husband Florestan from the clutches of his adversary Don Pizarro. This figure has been stylized into a monument throughout history; the freedom pathos sung about in the opera has been appropriated and ideologically monopolized by the most diverse political systems since the day of the premiere. What was freedom in the past, what is it today? What shackles bind us at this time? Paul-Georg Dittrich's production is a journey through time and at the same time an impetus to face the probing questions of one's own social responsibility based on Beethoven's Freedom Opera.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew