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Beethoven: Fidelio
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Fidelio is an emblematic work from Beethoven's oeuvre, and one of the greatest hymns to freedom ever created. As in the German composer's greatest works - his Symphony No. 9 and the Missa Solemnis - the framework of Fidelio is simply a pretext for the expression of concepts such as the ideals of freedom, marital fidelity and self-sacrifice.
The dramatic depiction will be dominated by simplicity, with the piece focused on the piece's characters, their internal worlds and the search for happiness. A key question is the personal search for freedom in all of its aspects, as another form of freedom exists aside from freedom in the physical sense: the freedom of the soul. For each of the various characters on stage, freedom has a different meaning, and thus they all construe the concept of happiness in different ways. The production seeks the answer to such basic questions as how and why the act of yearning is itself sometimes more important than the object of the yearning, where the moral boundaries that may not be crossed lie, and whether a prison can be a kind of human fantasy.
The creators of this production place key importance on the attributes of the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, and thus largely dispense with the opera's spoken dialogues. At the same time, by exploiting the venue's acoustic properties, they are attempting to bring a high-level realisation of the work's musicality to the fore, while keeping Beethoven's intentions in mind: the extraordinarily powerful climax in the second act and the almost cosmic dimensions of the hymn to freedom in the conclusion.
Semi-staged production, in German, with Hungarian surtitles
Presented by: Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, Müpa Budapest
Conductor:
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Gábor Hollerung
Performers:
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Don FernandoPéter Cser
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Don PizarroKrisztián Cser
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FlorestanEugene Amesmann
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LeonoraTünde Szabóki
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RoccoJames Moellenhoff
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MarcellinaOrsolya Sáfár
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JaquinoJános Szerekován
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First prisonerTamás Cselóczki
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Second prisonerBalázs Konkoly
Featuring:
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Hungarian State Opera Male Chorus (chorus director: Gábor Csíki)
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Budapest Academic Choral Society
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Cantemus Mixed Choir (chorusmaster: Soma Szabó)
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Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok
Creators:
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visual designEnder Krisztián Kovács
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set and costume designerNóra Árva
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directorSylvie Gábor
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ChoreographyGábor Vida
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