Fidelio
Author(s):
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Libretto by Joseph von Sonnleithner, Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke
Company:
The Royal Opera
Running time:
2h 35min approx
Disguised as ‘Fidelio’, a young woman embarks on a daring mission to free her husband, who has been wrongly imprisoned.
But as time begins to run out—and the gaoler’s daughter falls in love with her—Fidelio’s hidden identity and her husband’s fate are put in sudden peril.