Fidelio

The power of fidelity.

Planned première01 · 10 · 2027Barcelona

ComposerBeethoven

StagingJaume Villanueva

Music directionSalvador Brotons

StatusIn production

Planned premièrePalau de la Música Catalana

Beethoven’s only opera

Fidelity to a promise. Loyalty to an ideal.

To free her husband Florestan, Leonore disguises herself as a man and takes a job in the prison where the despotic Don Pizarro holds him. In Jaume Villanueva’s interpretation, her struggle explores attraction, desire and the promise of fidelity: a loyalty capable of confronting the abuse of power.

Òpera Popular de Barcelona is preparing a fresh, contemporary interpretation of the classic, with musical direction by Salvador Brotons. Jaume Villanueva explores the limits of theatre to portray the terror of absolute power and human degradation. Fidelity and loyalty become an answer to cruelty in a lucid, intense staging designed to tour.

The stage vision

A prison.
One space.
Confinement.
No artifice.

A restrained, intense staging with the orchestra woven into the scene. Supported by light and music, bodies and scenic elements wage a battle against cruelty that transforms oppression into hope.

Open process

From the idea
to the stage.

We will share project updates here as the team, schedule and production materials are confirmed.

2026

In production

Stage concept, dramaturgy, feasibility and partnership building.

2027

Creation and rehearsals

Artistic team, construction, music, staging and collective work.

01.10.2027

Planned première

Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona.

A production designed to travel

Fidelio, from Barcelona to new stages.

The project includes a modular set, technical flexibility, surtitles and adaptable formats for theatres and presenters.

Information for presenters →

Òpera Popular de Barcelona is the producing company.The planned première venue is the Palau de la Música Catalana.