FIDELIO IN CONCERT
Ludwig van Beethoven
Event details
12 - 20 September 2020
The outstanding cast, led by Katherine Broderick as Leonore and Toby Spence as Florestan, performs Peter Mumford’s semi-staged concert of Beethoven’s masterwork, complete with a beautifully filmed backdrop, that Garsington Opera last performed to great critical acclaim at the Philharmonie in Paris in 2016.
Douglas Boyd conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in a specially arranged, reduced orchestration. The wonderful singing of our chorus is pre-recorded and artfully integrated into the performance.
Fidelio is a wonderfully fitting work to announce our return to the stage. The worldwide plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary Beethoven season were of course decimated because of Covid 19 and I’m thrilled that we can still bring his opera to life in 2020. The themes of oppression and isolation, but also of hope and above all the power of love, make it the perfect opera for our times. This project is so important to us all – artists and audiences alike – to share the power of music, together again.
Douglas Boyd (Conductor & Artistic Director)
BBC Radio 3 Broadcast – Saturday 26 September 2020, 6.30pm
12 - 20 September 2020
12 - 20 September 2020
Cast & Creative Team
Cast
Leonore
Katherine Broderick
Florestan
Toby Spence
Rocco
Stephen Richardson
Pizarro
Andrew Foster-Williams
Marzelline
Galina Averina
Jaquino
Trystan Llŷr Griffiths
Fernando
Richard Burkhard
First Prisoner
Richard Pinkstone
Second Prisoner
Thomas D Hopkinson
Creative Team
Conductor
Douglas Boyd
Stage Director, Lighting & Projection Designer
Peter Mumford
Associate Video Designer
William Reynolds
Assistant Conductor & Chorus Master
Jonathon Swinard
Assistant Director
Cecilia Stinton
Reduced Orchestration
Francis Griffin
Garsington Opera Chorus
Soprano
Siân Dicker
Mezzo
Carolyn Holt
Tenor
Richard Pinkstone, Florian Panzieri
Bass
Thomas D Hopkinson
Philharmonia Orchestra
Violin
Eugene Lee, Emily Davis
Viola
William Bender
Cello
Timothy Walden
Bass
Tim Gibbs
Flute/Piccolo
Fiona Kelly
Oboe
Timothy Rundle
Clarinet
Marie Lloyd
Bassoon & Contrabassoon
Luke Whitehead
Horn
Diego Incertis Sánchez, Kira Doherty
Trumpet
Jason Evans
Timpani
Antoine Siguré
Timpani
