Fidelio

Ludwig Van Beethoven

#Fidelio

Salle Favart

from 25 September
to 3 October 2021

Dates

25 September 2021 8.00 pm

27 September 2021 8.00 pm

29 September 2021 8.00 pm

1 October 2021 8.00 pm

3 October 2021 relax 3.00 pm

All dates

Information

01 70 23 01 31 / billetterie@opera-comique.com / 3h

All audiences

Price

145, 125, 100, 75, 50, 35, 15, 6 €

Book

Fidelio, is the male pseudonym adopted by the brave Leonore in order to undertake a dangerous mission: As a guard, she infiltrates a prison where arbitrariness reigns, to free her husband.

Fidelio’s libretto, based on a comic opera by Bouilly and Gaveaux, met resounding success in Paris in 1798. Drawing inspiration from the Reign of Terror, a period of the French Revolution, this artwork inspired many composers. Beethoven turned it into an ode to justice and made it his philosophical legacy. At the end of a galant century and in the early days of a society founded on mariage, the marital love that was denied to Beethoven is a the heart of this drama.

The composer worked on this opera for ten years, until it triumphed in 1814. Like Mozart, Beethoven had transcended singspiel’s form and language. More importantly, he had entrusted lyrical art with its true mission: the public.

Rarely played in Paris, Fidelio finds an opera auditorium at the Opéra Comique that is very similar to the ones Beethoven knew back in the 1810’s.Together with Siobhan Stagg and Michael Spyres, Raphaël Pichon and Cyril Teste have created a performance induced with fiery musical intensity and politics.

Musical direction Raphaël Pichon
Stage direction Cyril Teste

With Siobhan Stagg, Michael Spyres, Mari Eriksmoen, Albert Dohmen, Gabor Bretz, Christian Immler, Eric Ferring

Choir and orchestra Pygmalion

Around the show

Keys to the show

Twenty minutes to discover everything you need to know about the opera you’re about to see, with the playwright Agnès Terrier

45 minutes before the performance, Salle Bizet.

Sing some tunes

Meet the choirmaster and sing, with no-hang-ups, some of the tunes of the opera you’re about to see

45 minutes before the performance, Foyer Favart

Sunday 3rd October at 15pm

The Relaxed performances offer a supportive and relaxed atmosphere in which everyone can express their emotions comfortably and enjoy the show. These performances are particularly suited for people with autism, a psychic or mental disability, and Alzheimer’s. The Opéra Comique staff and the volunteers from Ciné-ma-différence*, distinguishable by their yellow jackets, are there to make sure that everyone in the audience, disabled or not, feels welcome.

Distribution

Musical direction Raphaël Pichon

Stage direction Cyril Teste

Decors Valérie Grall

Costumes Marie La Rocca

playwriting Leila Adham

Lights Julien Boizard

Video Nicolas Dorémus, Mehdi Toutain-Lopez

Leonore Siobhan Stagg

Florestan Michael Spyres

Marzelline Mari Eriksmoen

Rocco Albert Dohmen

Don Pizarro Gabor Bretz

Don Fernando Christian Immler

Jaquinov Eric Ferring

Choir and orchestra Pygmalion

Production Opéra Comique

Coproduction Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur, Collectif MxM, Opéra de Dijon

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