London Theatre Tickets

Fidelio is the name assumed by Leonore, whose innocent husband Florestan has been imprisoned without trial by a corrupt political regime. Her risky two-year search for him has led to her disguising herself as a political agent, and infiltrating the prison where she believes him to be incarcerated Her fears are justified, and she even finds herself digging his grave, prior to summary execution. The moving love-story of their apparently doomed reconciliation reaches heights of joy when an unexpected amnesty leads to his release, and her pardon form impersonation.
Dates:	Tuesday 29th March 2011 to Saturday 16th April 2011
Time(s)	Mar11 29, Apr11 1,5,9,11,16
Director	Jurgen Flimm
Lyrics	Joseph von Sonnleithner
Music	Beethoven
Design	ephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's French libretto Leono
Producer	Royal Opera House
Conductor	Kirill Petrenko
Cast	Nina Stemme (Leonore), Endrik Wottirch (Florestan)