The conductor Joana Mallwitz in a black dress leads an orchestra with expressive gestures in front of an audience.
Vera-Lotte Boecker in a white dress sits thoughtfully on a windowsill, surrounded by soft natural light.
Sean Panikkar in a dark suit smiles warmly at the camera. The background is softly blurred.
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Beethoven: Fidelio

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The conductor Joana Mallwitz in a black dress leads an orchestra with expressive gestures in front of an audience.
Vera-Lotte Boecker in a white dress sits thoughtfully on a windowsill, surrounded by soft natural light.
Sean Panikkar in a dark suit smiles warmly at the camera. The background is softly blurred.

When Clara and Robert Schumann were fighting for their future together, they found solace in an operatic couple: Florestan and Leonore from Fidelio. Now Joana Mallwitz and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra are opening the 2027 Easter Festival with this masterpiece. Beethoven's truly thrilling, symphonic opera music celebrates heroes who combine their wish for personal happiness with their desire for freedom. And differently than usual, a heroine saves her hero: in our performance, she is Vera-Lotte Boecker, Singer of the Year 2022 in the Opernwelt magazine critics' survey. Florestan will be sung by tenor Sean Panikkar, who is exceptionally popular in America. Krzysztof Warlikowski, the director of the production, has already been awarded the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale for his life's work.

Program

  • Ludwig van BeethovenFidelioOpera in two acts Music by Ludwig van Beethoven Libretto based on Jean Bouilly’s French original by Ferdinand Sonnleithner, Stephan von Breuning, and Georg Treitschke

Artists

  • Musical Direction
  • Krzysztof WarlikowskiStage design
  • Małgorzata SzczęśniakSet and Costume Designer
  • Felice RossLighting design
  • Claude BardouilChoreography
  • Christian LongchampDramaturgy
  • Vera-Lotte BoeckerLeonore
  • Sean PanikkarFlorestan
  • Manuel WinckhlerDon Fernando
  • Johannes Martin KränzleDon Pizarro
  • Franz-Josef SeligRocco
  • Chelsea ZurflühMarzelline
  • Magnus DietrichJaquino

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Venue

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Beim Alten Bahnhof 2 76530 Baden-Baden

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