Fidelio at Theater an der Wien

Nikolaus Harnoncourt congratulates the new opera house in the Theater an der Wien on its 10 years of existence with a concert performance of Fidelio, the most important opera, that is connected with this. Commissioned by the Directorate of the Theater an der Wien in order, here are the world premieres of the first (1805) and the second version (1806) took place. Another special moment, the Beethoven's only opera tells this House was in October 1945, the opening of the sporting events of the destroyed Vienna State Opera at the Theater an der Wien - after Fidelio was rung for the first time here so 140 years. Leonore wins, disguised as a man, under the relationship full cover name "Fidelio" the confidence of the jailer Rocco, in the prison, she suspected her missing husband Florestan as political prisoner. As Florestan adversary the Governor Pizarro, orders, Florestan killing secretly, Leonore can prevent this in the last second. In the Theater an der Wien Now you can experience the work with the text Roccos story of Walter Jens, who describes the events from the perspective of the jailer and replaced the spoken dialogues.