Beethoven: Fidelio (movie)

Beethoven: Fidelio (movie)

  • User score: 6
  • Production country: DE
  • Producer: Tobias Kratzer
  • Production companies: Royal Opera House
  • Genre: Music, Drama
  • Release date: 3/9/2020
  • Run time: 135 min.

Movie description

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann plays the political prisoner Florestan, and Lise Davidsen his wife Leonore (disguised as ‘Fidelio’) who daringly sets out to rescue him. Set in strong counterpoint are the ingredients of domestic intrigue, determined love and the cruelty of an oppressive regime. The music is transcendent throughout and includes the famous Act I Quartet, the Prisoners’ Chorus and Florestan’s impassioned Act II cry in the darkness and vision of hope. Tobias Kratzer’s new staging brings together the dark reality of the French Revolutionary ‘Terror’ and our own time to illuminate Fidelio’s inspiring message of shared humanity.

Actors

Jonas Kaufmann

Jonas Kaufmann

Role(s): Florestán

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Lise Davidsen

Lise Davidsen

Role(s): Leonore

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Georg Zeppenfeld

Georg Zeppenfeld

Role(s): Rocco

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Simon Neal

Simon Neal

Role(s): Don Pizarro

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Amanda Forsythe

Amanda Forsythe

Role(s): Marzelline

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