Fidelio

Story

Synopsis

Don Florestan is a personal enemy of the governor Don Pizarro and also a confidant of the minister Don Fernando. As Pizarro sees Florestan as a threat, he wants to eliminate him. He cannot bring himself to commit open murder, so he has him secretly imprisoned and hopes that he will soon die of his own accord. Florestan's wife Leonore suspects that Pizarro is behind her husband's disappearance. Disguised as a man, she sets off in search of Florestan and, under the name "Fidelio", takes up service as an assistant to the jailer Rocco - she suspects Florestan is in the prison he administers and hopes to free him.

Directors

Christoph Waltz, Felix Breisach

Language

German

Country

Austria

Release date

16 March 2020

Ensemble

Cast

• Nicole Chevalier

  Leonore (Fidelio)

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  Eric Cutler

  Florestan

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  Gábor Bretz

  Don Pizarro

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  Christof Fischesser

  Rocco

• Mélissa Petit

  Marzelline

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  Benjamin Hulett

  Jaquino

• Kàroly Szemerèdy

  Don Fernando

• Johannes Bamberger

  Erster Gefangener

• Dumitru Mădăraşăn

  Zweiter Gefangener