Event listing: Fidelio | Opernhaus | Event is in the past

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OpernhausSechseläutenplatz 1, Zurich, Zürich, 8008, Switzerland

Dates/times in Zurich time zone

Programme

Performers

Zurich Opera
Markus Poschner	Conductor
Andreas Homoki	Director
Henrik Ahr	Set Designer
Barbara Drosihn	Costume Designer
Franck Evin	Lighting Designer
Alexander du Prel	Video
Werner Hintze	Dramaturgy
Janko Kastelic	Choirmaster / chorus director
Zusatzchor der Oper Zürich
Zurich Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Zürich
Andreas Schager	Tenor	Florestan
Oliver Widmer	Baritone	Don Fernando
Wolfgang Koch	Baritone	Don Pizarro
Dimitry Ivashchenko	Bass	Rocco
Anja Kampe	Soprano	Leonore
Mélissa Petit	Soprano	Marzelline
Spencer Lang	Tenor	Jaquino
Thomas Erlank	Tenor	First prisoner
Oleg Davydof	Bass	Second prisoner

Reviews of Fidelio, Op.72 directed by Andreas Homoki

***11

Opernhaus, Zurich, December 2017

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Beethoven’s “problem child”: staging Fidelio

Mark Pullinger, 31st January

We speak to three directors – Amélie Niermeyer, Tobias Kratzer and Frederic Wake-Walker – about the challenges of staging Beethoven's only opera.

A sense of theatre: Sir Antonio Pappano

Mark Pullinger, 21st November

Sir Antonio Pappano reflects on recent performances of Fidelio and Norma and how his Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has evolved and the difficulties staging Verdi.

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Fidelio in Zurich: singing fine, but staging, “Nein!”

Sarah Batschelet, 21st January

In its revival here in Zurich, the soloists and choir of Beethoven's Fidelio give stellar vocal performances. But having done away with any real set, the opera was not without its shortcomings.

**111