Name: Fidelio
Start: 2019-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatstheater

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

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Fidelio / Interview with GMD Daniel Cohen / Staatstheater Darmstadt

Fidelio / Interview mit GMD Daniel Cohen / 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

Fidelio by Beethoven, Sat 18 Jan 2020, From (2019/2020), Directed by Paul-Georg Dittrich,, Conductor Daniel Cohen, Jan Croonenbroeck, Staatstheater, Darmstadt, Germany

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Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Videos

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

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