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Leonore

VenueTheater an der Wien
CalendarSat 27 Feb 2027 - Fri 12 Mar 2027
Synopsis/Details

At the invitation of Emanuel Schikaneder, Ludwig van Beethoven took up residence in the Theater an der Wien where he was expected to continue the legacy of the great Mozart. Here, infused with the ideas of the Enlightenment and idealism and outraged that Napoleon had crowned himself emperor and occupied Vienna, the composer, who at that time had little experience of opera, set about turning the “rescue opera” Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal, which had become popular following the French Revolution, into a German-language singspiel. In the process, the story of a woman disguising herself as a man in order to rescue her imprisoned husband was coupled with the symphonic force that Beethoven, gradually going deaf, wanted as a response to the despotism of power. Like Leonore’s battle for love and justice, Beethoven’s only contribution to the operatic genre reveals his own struggle with musical theatre and the world at large. Before the well-known final version received its premiere at the Kärntnertortheater under the name of Fidelio, the composer had presented the Theater an der Wien with two audacious original versions. Now, this Leonore returns to the stage of the Theater an der Wien amid today’s tug-of-war between the art of freedom and the freedom of art.

Opera in two acts

Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner and Stephan von Breuning

With thanks to Martin Schlaff for his support

In German with German and English surtitles

Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up

Cast

Musikalische Leitung:

Giedrė Šlekytė

stage director:

Stefan Herheim

stage design:

Silke Bauer

costume design:

Esther Bialas

light design:

Stefan Herheim

Karl Wiedemann

dramaturgy:

Christian Schröder

Don Fernando:

Alexander Grassauer

Don Pizarro:

Christoph Pohl

Florestan:

Attilio Glaser

Leonore:

Julia Kleiter

Rocco:

Patrick Zielke

Marzelline:

Jasmin Delfs

Jaquino:

Matteo Ivan Rašić

 

Wiener Symphoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Leitung: Erwin Ortner)

Venue
Theater an der Wien

About the Theater an der Wien
 

The New Opera House is not just any theatre, but the one that Emanuel Schikaneder, the all-round genius, actor, impresario with a flair for organization but above all librettist of The Magic Flute, had built in 1801 in Vienna in keeping with the spirit of Mozart.

To coincide with the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth the Theater an der Wien presents itself as a new opera house from January 2006. As a “season” opera house with productions all the year round the Theater an der Wien carves a new and independent niche in the realm of high-quality culture in Vienna. For twelve months of the year, with one premiere every month, opera will be performed under the “stagione”, or season, system: that means the cast remains unchanged from the first performance to the last one, which guarantees that the very highest international standards are maintained.

The theatre’s modern, accessible approach to music theatre as demonstrated by the works performed, the overall artistic concept Bespielung and the artistes is further underlined by the building itself, its architecture and the vibrancy of its location. The surroundings and materials, the intimate atmosphere and perfect acoustics in the historical theatre prepare the senses to experience beauty. The Theater an der Wien deliberately enters into a symbiotic relationship with its lively surroundings on the Naschmarkt street market and the young cultural scene centred in the Schleifmühl quarter.
 

How to get there


With public transport:
 

We can be reached by public transport: 

U1, U2 und U4 Station Karlsplatz, Exit Secession
Bus 59A Station Bärenmühldurchgang
Bus 57A Station Laimgrubengasse, pedestrians via Laimgrubengasse to Linke Wienzeile

KAMMEROPER:
Fleischmarkt 24, 1010 Wien


We can be reached by public transport:
U1, U4: Station Schwedenplatz
Tram Linie D (bei Ablenukung über Kai), 1, 2: Station Schwedenplatz
Bus 3A (on workdays)

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