Opera in 2 acts
Libretto
Joseph Sonnleither, Stephan von Breuning & Georg Friedrich Treitschke
Interpreten:
Leonore: ADRIANNE PIECZONKA
Florestan: JONAS KAUFMANN
Marzelline:OLGA BEZSMERTNA
Rocco: HANS-PETER KÖNlG
Don Pizarro: TOMASZ KONIECZNY
Don Fernando: SEBASTIAN HOLECEK
Erster Gefangener: DANlEL LÖKÖS
Zweiter Gefangener: JENS MUSGER
KONZERTVERElNIGUNG WlENER STAATSOPERNCHOR
Chorus Master: ERNST RAFFELSBERGER
WlENER PHILHARMONlKER
Conductor: FRANZ WELSER-MÖST
Stage Director: CLAUS GUTH
Set & Costume Designer: CHRISTlAN SCHMIDT
Dramatic Advisor: RONNY DlETRICH
Lighting Designer: OLAF FREESE
Sound Designer: TORSTEN OTTERSBERG
Video Designer: ANDI A. MÜLLER
Recorded live at the Grosses FestspieIhaus, SaIzburg,
August 7–13, 2015
Video Director: MICHAEL BEYER
1 Overture 7:33
ACT I
2 No. 1 Duet: Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir aIlein 5:42
Jaquino, MarzeIline
3 No. 2 Aria: O wär ich schon mit dir vereint 4:51
MarzeIIine
4 No. 3 Quartet: Mir ist so wunderbar 4:46
Marzelline, Leonore, Rocco, Jaquino
5 No. 4 Aria: Hat man nicht auch GoId beineben 3:24
Rocco
6 No. 5 Trio: Gut, Söhnchen, gut 6:35
Rocco, Leonore, MarzeIIine
7 No. 6 March 3:18
8 No. 7 Aria with Chorus: Ha, welch ein Augenblick! 3:44
Pizarro, Chorus
9 No. 8 Duet: Jetzt, AIter, jetzt hat es Eile 5:09
Pizarro, Rocco
10 No. 9 Recitative and Aria: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? ... 8:08
Komm, Hoffnung, lass den Ietzten Stern
Leonore
11 No. 10 FinaIe: O weIche Lust 5:28
Chorus
12 Nun sprecht, wie ging’s? 5:09
Leonore, Rocco
13 Ach, Vater, eilt! 2:33
MarzelIine, Rocco, Jaquino, Leonore, Pizarro
14 Leb wohI, du warmes SonnenIicht 3:01
Chorus, MarzelIine, Leonore, Jaquino, Pizarro, Rocco
ACT ll
15 No. 11 Introduction and Aria: Gott! Welch DunkeI hier! 6:04
Florestan
16 ln des Lebens FrühIingstagen 6:04
FIorestan
17 No. 12 Melodrama and Duet: Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben 5:28
Rocco, Leonore
18 No. 13 Trio: Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten 6:23
FIorestan, Rocco, Leonore
19 No. 14 Quartet: Er sterbe! 5:45
Pizarro, Florestan, Leonore, Rocco
20 No. 15 Duet: O namenlose Freude! 3:17
Leonore, Florestan
21 Overture "Leonore lII" 13:51
22 No. 16 Finale: HeiI sei dem Tag 2:02
Chorus
23 Des besten Königs Wink und WilIe 7:13
Fernando, Chorus, Rocco, Pizarro, Leonore, MarzeIline, FIorestan
24 Wer ein holdes Weib errungen 3:48
Chorus, Florestan, Leonore, Rocco, MarzelIine, Jaquino, Fernando
25 Applause 3:23
26 Credits 3:37
ACT I
Leonore, whose husband Florestan has inexpIicabIy disappeared, sets out in search of him. Her instinct leads her to a place where the poIiticaIIy persecuted are unjustIy held prisoner. ln order to infiItrate the buiIding, she has divested herself of her feminine identity and is masquerading as a man by the name of Fidelio. MarzelIine, the daughter of the warden Rocco, faIIs in love with Fidelio. Her affections for her father’s assistant Jaquino, who was her intended husband, have waned. Jaquino forlornly attempts to remind her of past times.
Rocco has not faiIed to notice his daughter’s feeIings for FideIio. AIthough he no longer believes in happiness and Iove, he nonetheIess hopes that MarzelIine wiII have a better fate. ln the guise of prospective son-in-law, Leonore comes a Iittle cIoser towards achieving her goal: Rocco intends to obtain the governor’s permission to take her with him to the secret pIace to which she has until now been denied access. The man detained there is considered a dangerous enemy of the state. Rocco has been ordered to let him sIowly starve to death. The arrival of the governor, Don Pizarro, an enemy of her husband, confirms Leonore’s suspicion that her husband FIorestan is to be eliminated. Her vision of freedom for all prisoners has become a nightmare.
ACT ll
Florestan has given himself up for Iost. Only fIeeting memories are keeping him alive. Leonore and Rocco approach the prisoner in order to carry out Pizarro’s order. Both are moved by pity, and Rocco yieIds when Leonore asks him to give the dying man some bread and water. She recognizes her husband and throws herself at the murderous Pizarro. A trumpet signaI announces the arrival of the minister, Don Fernando. Pizarro is forced to abandon his plan, and Leonore and Florestan are spared death. The minister Ieaves it to Leonore to lead her husband to freedom. |