On Thursday, September 26, the Lyric Opera of Chicago will open its first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera ‘Fidelio.’ The opera first premiered over 200 years ago in 1805 yet it remains a timeless classic.
Stage Director Matthew Ozawa explains in a video on the opera’s legacy how the piece is political and follows the lead heroine Leonore, who disguises herself as a prison guard called Fidelio to help free her wrongly imprisoned husband. The opera “shines a light on injustice” and “serves as a symbol of hope for generations of people afflicted by oppression and tyranny,” says Ozawa.
Lyric Opera Music Director Enrique Mazzola will conduct this dramatic and moving opera, joined by South African soprano Elza van den Heever, American tenor Russell Thomas, and American baritone Brian Mulligan. The production of ‘Fidelio’ is sung in German with English subtitles, and runs for 2 hours and 25 minutes with one intermission.
Tickets for ‘Fidelio’ start at $42. Only five productions will be performed at Lyric Opera of Chicago through Thursday, October 10.
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