Event listing: Fidelio | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Event is in the past

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

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Performers

The Royal Opera
Sir Antonio Pappano	Conductor
Tobias Kratzer	Director
Rainer Sellmaier	Set Designer, Costume Designer
Michael Bauer	Lighting Designer
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Lise Davidsen	Soprano	Leonore
Jonas Kaufmann	Tenor	Florestan	2020 Mar 01 mat, 03, 06, 17
David Butt Philip	Tenor	Florestan	2020 Mar 09, 13
Egils Siliņš	Baritone	Don Fernando
Simon Neal	Baritone	Don Pizarro	2020 Mar 01 mat, 06, 09, 13, 17
Michael Kupfer-Radecky	Bass-baritone	Don Pizarro	2020 Mar 03
Georg Zeppenfeld	Bass	Rocco
Robin Tritschler	Tenor	Jaquino
Amanda Forsythe	Soprano	Marzelline
Filipe Manu	Tenor	First prisoner
Byeong-Min Gil	Bass-baritone	Second prisoner

Reviews of Fidelio, Op.72 directed by Tobias Kratzer

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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, October 2024

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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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Lise Davidsen leads a revolutionary Fidelio at Covent Garden

David Karlin, 1st March

An outstanding role debut from Davidsen, a star-studded vocal cast and a revelatory orchestral performance make a Beethoven anniversary performance to savour.

*****

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Reviews of Fidelio, Op.72 directed by Tobias Kratzer