Katharina Thalbach produced and directed for the stage this 2008 interpretation of Ludwig van Beethoven's 1814 opera +Fidelio, mounted at the opernhaus z?rich - with the luminous Melanie Diener in the double role of Leonore and Fidelio, Roberto Sacc? as Florestan, Kresimir Strazanac as Don Fernando and Lucio Gallo as Don Pizarro. The Zurich Opera Chorus and Orchestra provide musical accompaniment, with Bernard Haitink serving as musical director and Ernst Raffelsberg as chorus master; Ezio Toffolutti designed the sets.
