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Fidelio

Insula orchestra/Laurence Equilbey

,Barbican Hall
Sinead Campbell-Wallace performs as Leonore, wearing a prison jumpsuit and holding shackles

Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio is an explosion of ideas. Part family drama, part political treatise, it’s an ode to love and freedom, as moving today as it was when first performed over 200 years ago.

The plot sees our heroine, Leonore, attempt to rescue her husband, Florestan, from a harrowing political prison by going undercover as a guard, Fidelio. Playing our lovers are two ‘truly outstanding singers with major careers ahead of them’: Stanislas de Barbeyrac is set to be a fixture of opera house stages for years to come, praised for his ‘vocal weight, easy top notes and sweetness of tone’ (Guardian), while Sinead Campbell-Wallace is 'a remarkable Leonore' (Opera Magazine).

A ‘high-quality offering’ was how the Financial Times described Insula's 2019 performance of Der Freischütz here. Tonight will undoubtedly be the same. Alongside singing of the highest calibre, expect additional drama from movement, costumes and lighting, creating an interesting contrast to the period instrument ethos of Laurence Equilbey’s Insula orchestra.

Tagged with: Classical music Classical Music Multibuy - Jan-Jul 2022 Barbican Presents

This performance will end at approximately 9.45pm, with no interval.

Produced by the Barbican

This is a concert performance from the production at La Seine Musicale directed by David Bobée

Programme

  • Ludwig van Beethoven   Fidelio (concert staging)

Performers

  • Insula orchestra  
  • Laurence Equilbey   conductor
  • Stanislas de Barbeyrac   Florestan
  • Sinéad Campbell-Wallace   Léonore
  • Sebastian Holecek   Don Pizzaro
  • Christian Immler   Rocco
  • Hélène Carpentier   Marzelline
  • Patrick Grahl   Jacquino
  • Anas Séguin   Don Fernando
  • accentus  
  • Sabine Siegwalt   costume designer

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