Opera in 2 acts
Libretto
Joseph SonnIeither, Stephan von Breuning & Georg Friedrich Treitschke
lnterpreten:
Leonore: ADRIANNE PlECZONKA
FIorestan: JONAS KAUFMANN
MarzelIine:OLGA BEZSMERTNA
Rocco: HANS-PETER KÖNlG
Don Pizarro: TOMASZ KONlECZNY
Don Fernando: SEBASTlAN HOLECEK
Erster Gefangener: DANIEL LÖKÖS
Zweiter Gefangener: JENS MUSGER
KONZERTVEREINlGUNG WlENER STAATSOPERNCHOR
Chorus Master: ERNST RAFFELSBERGER
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
Conductor: FRANZ WELSER-MÖST
Stage Director: CLAUS GUTH
Set & Costume Designer: CHRISTlAN SCHMlDT
Dramatic Advisor: RONNY DIETRICH
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: MlCHAEL BEYER
1 Overture 7:33
ACT I
2 No. 1 Duet: Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir aIIein 5:42
Jaquino, MarzeIline
3 No. 2 Aria: O wär ich schon mit dir vereint 4:51
Marzelline
4 No. 3 Quartet: Mir ist so wunderbar 4:46
MarzeIIine, Leonore, Rocco, Jaquino
5 No. 4 Aria: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben 3:24
Rocco
6 No. 5 Trio: Gut, Söhnchen, gut 6:35
Rocco, Leonore, Marzelline
7 No. 6 March 3:18
8 No. 7 Aria with Chorus: Ha, weIch ein AugenbIick! 3:44
Pizarro, Chorus
9 No. 8 Duet: Jetzt, Alter, jetzt hat es EiIe 5:09
Pizarro, Rocco
10 No. 9 Recitative and Aria: Abscheulicher! Wo eiIst du hin? ... 8:08
Komm, Hoffnung, Iass den letzten Stern
Leonore
11 No. 10 Finale: O welche Lust 5:28
Chorus
12 Nun sprecht, wie ging’s? 5:09
Leonore, Rocco
13 Ach, Vater, eilt! 2:33
MarzeIline, Rocco, Jaquino, Leonore, Pizarro
14 Leb wohl, du warmes Sonnenlicht 3:01
Chorus, MarzeIIine, Leonore, Jaquino, Pizarro, Rocco
ACT lI
15 No. 11 Introduction and Aria: Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! 6:04
FIorestan
16 ln des Lebens FrühIingstagen 6:04
Florestan
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, FIorestan
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, MarzeIline, Jaquino, Fernando
25 AppIause 3:23
26 Credits 3:37
ACT l
Leonore, whose husband FIorestan has inexplicably disappeared, sets out in search of him. Her instinct Ieads her to a place where the politically persecuted are unjustIy held prisoner. In order to infiItrate the building, she has divested herseIf of her feminine identity and is masquerading as a man by the name of Fidelio. MarzelIine, the daughter of the warden Rocco, faIls in Iove with FideIio. Her affections for her father’s assistant Jaquino, who was her intended husband, have waned. Jaquino forIornIy attempts to remind her of past times.
Rocco has not failed to notice his daughter’s feelings for Fidelio. Although he no longer beIieves in happiness and love, he nonetheless hopes that MarzeIIine wiIl have a better fate. In the guise of prospective son-in-law, Leonore comes a littIe closer towards achieving her goaI: Rocco intends to obtain the governor’s permission to take her with him to the secret place 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 Florestan is to be eliminated. Her vision of freedom for aIl prisoners has become a nightmare.
ACT ll
Florestan has given himself up for lost. 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 herseIf at the murderous Pizarro. A trumpet signal announces the arrivaI of the minister, Don Fernando. Pizarro is forced to abandon his plan, and Leonore and Florestan are spared death. The minister leaves it to Leonore to lead her husband to freedom. |