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    Fidelio: Teatro Real in Madrid

Fidelio: Teatro Real in Madrid

About the Event

Teatro Real presents a new production of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, emerging somewhere between the domestic comedies of the 18th century and the great romantic passions that dominated the rest of the 19th century.

In this piece, which the composer considered “the son who has caused me the worst pain, but is also my most beloved”, the embodiment of his musical genius, the redemption of a prisoner through the loyalty and courage of his wife, is progressively transformed, in the drama and music, into a collective song of human liberty and hope setting out the erudite ideas of its creator. The staging by physical theatre company La Fura dels Baus lays a bridge between Beethoven’s preoccupations and today’s.

Musical director Hartmut Haenchen
Stage director Alex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) (in collaboration with Valentina Carrasco)
Set designer Alfons Flores
Costume designer Lluc Castells
Lighting designer Urs Schönebaum
Chorus Master Andrés Máspero

Florestan Michael König
Leonore Adrianne Pieczonka
Rocco Franz‐Josef Selig
Marzelline Anett Fritsch
Jaquino Ed Lyon
Don Pizarro Alan Held
Don Fernando Goran Jurić

Opera in three acts
New production of Teatro Real, in coproduction with l’Opéra National de Paris

Practical Information

Please note: In some areas of the Teatro Real, some seats have a partially obstructed view of the stage. Teatro Real recommends category B for the finest and completely unobstructed view of the performance.

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