Royal Opera House: Fidelio

About Royal Opera House: Fidelio

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann plays the political prisoner Florestan, and Lise Davidsen his wife Leonore (disguised as ‘Fidelio’) who daringly sets out to rescue him.

Tobias Kratzer's Royal Opera House: Fidelio is a 2020 music film. The film is filed under opera and ludwig van beethoven.

Jonas Kaufmann appears as Florestán, Lise Davidsen as Leonore, Georg Zeppenfeld as Rocco, and Simon Neal as Don Pizarro. It runs 135 minutes and was released in March 2020.

The screenplay is by Joseph von Sonnleithner. In the United States it streams on Carnegie Hall+ Amazon Channel and Carnegie Hall+ Apple TV channel.