"Fidelio" returns to Los Angeles, makes European premiere in May 2024
El Coro de Manos Blancas and Michael Anthony Spady on stage in Fidelio, Los Angeles, CA, April 2022. Photo by APU GOMES.
Fidelio returns to Los Angeles and will make its European premiere in May 2024.
The critically acclaimed innovative staging of Beethoven’s opera, Fidelio, a collaboration between the LA Phil, Deaf West Theatre, Dudamel Foundation, and El Sistema’s Coro de Manos Blancas, created for both Deaf and hearing audiences, returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall on May 16 & 17, 2024. The production will tour to Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu, May 26 & 27, 2024, the Philharmonie de Paris, May 31, 2024, and to London’s Barbican Centre, June 3, 2024.
About the production:
Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil join forces with Deaf West Theatre (produced by DJ Kurs), El Sistema’s Coro de Manos Blancas, and a stellar cast of singers and actors for the return of this groundbreaking production of Beethoven’s timeless tale of triumph over oppression. Told through the composer’s music sung by hearing vocalists paired with the expressive gestural poetry of sign language by Deaf actors, the performances explore the search for communication—both primal and sublime—that is at the heart of all artistic expression. Directed by Alberto Arvelo the evening will also feature singers Tamara Wilson, Andrew Staples, James Rutherford, Gabriella Reyes, Patrick Blackwell, Shenyang and David Portillo.
