Name: Fidelio
Start: 2013-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2013-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Theater an der Wien

Organization

Sopran

Juliane Banse

Leonore

Bariton

Martin Gantner

Don Pizarro

Tenor

Michael Schade

Florestan

Bass

Lars Woldt

Rocco

Anna Prohaska

Marzelline

Johannes Chum

Jaquino

Dirigat

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Regie

Herbert Föttinger

Kostümbild

Rolf Langenfass

Bühnenbild

Lichtgestaltung

Emmerich Steigberger

Birgit Hutter

Andrew Owens

Erster Gefangener

Garry Magee

Don Fernando

MusikTheater an der Wien

Orchestra

Concentus Musicus Vienna

Fidelio

Wien

Österreich

Theater an der Wien

Genehmigt

Instrumentalist

Klavier

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Saxophonist

Trombonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da Gambist

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Komposition

Libretto

Choreographie

Tänzer

Schauspiel

Chordirektion

Videogestaltung

Dramaturgie

Übersetzung

Tongestaltung

Korrepetition

Maske

Leitender Produzent

Haar

Andere

Stage Manager

Chor

Orchester

Poet

GesangslehrerIn

Lehrer

Photographer

Rundfunk

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Singer

Countertenor

Bass-Bariton

Mezzosopran

Gesprochen

Kinderstimme

Leise

Alto

Continuo

FIDELIO L. v. Beethoven (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)

Beethoven's only opera belongs to the genre of liberation opera that was current around the time of the French Revolution, which agitated against tyranny and for human freedom in the spirit of the Enlightenment. Despite the topicality of the topic, Beethoven initially failed to win over the Viennese audience for his work, the unconventional music and the inconsistent dramatic style were difficult to access in their novelty.
Fidelio is a hybrid work that begins very concretely with genre scenes in the manner of the Singspiel and ends with an abstract, transfigured ending, almost in a concert.

Don Pizarro, governor of a Spanish state prison, behaves as a feared tyrant. He has had his critic Florestan thrown in prison and plans to secretly eliminate him. Meanwhile, Leonore, Florestan's wife, has disguised herself as a man and is looking for her husband. She was able to follow a lead as far as a certain prison, but she has not yet been able to find out whether the mysterious prisoner hidden there is really Florestan. As "Fidelio" she smuggled into the family of the jailer Rocco. She makes herself indispensable in looking after the prisoners, so that at some point she will also be taken to the stranger. Meanwhile, Rocco hopes that the capable “Fidelio” will soon propose to his daughter Marzelline. Events are accelerated by the arrival of Pizarro: The prisoner should finally die. Leonore wants to save the stranger from the arbitrariness of the tyrant, regardless of whether he is her husband or not. Armed she faces Pizarro. At that moment, the minister Don Fernando, a friend of Florestan's, appears and puts a stop to Pizarro. The separated spouses unite to great jubilation - because the
Prisoner is really Florestan.

Emanuel Schikaneder had long courted Beethoven to write an opera for his Theater an der Wien, which opened in 1801. In 1805 Schikaneder's wish was fulfilled with the world premiere of Fidelio, but
the French occupation of Vienna considerably paralyzed interest in it. The second version of the Liberation Opera was also staged in the Theater an der Wien in 1806, the third in the Kärntnertortheater in 1814.
The discussion of which version should be given preference continues to this day. Nikolaus Harnoncourt has
chosen the last version of Beethoven's drama about freedom, wife love and tyranny for the performance at the Theater an der Wien .

English

Fidelio by Beethoven, Do. 21 März 2013, Ab (2013/2013), Unter der Regie von Herbert Föttinger,, Dirigat Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Theater an der Wien, Wien, Österreich

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