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
Simone Young	Conductor
Andreas Homoki	Director
Henrik Ahr	Set Designer
Barbara Drosihn	Costume Designer
Philharmonia Zürich
Zurich Opera Chorus
Elza van den Heever	Soprano	Leonore
Klaus Florian Vogt	Tenor	Florestan
Martin Gantner	Baritone	Don Pizarro
Oliver Widmer	Baritone	Don Fernando
Christof Fischesser	Bass	Rocco
Mélissa Petit	Soprano	Marzelline
Spencer Lang	Tenor	Jaquino
Jonathan Abernethy	Tenor	First prisoner

Reviews of Fidelio, Op.72 directed by Andreas Homoki

**111

Opernhaus, Zurich, January 2020

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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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A colourless Fidelio in Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 3rd December

Celebrating a courageous woman who is able to secure the release of her husband from prison, Beethoven’s sole opera Fidelio has music that is more compelling that its plot.

***11