Before the premiere: Michael Schade in the interview conversation with Wilhelm Sinkovicz of the press.* Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts "Fidelio" at the Theater an der Wien: with Juliane Banse as Leonora and Michael Schade as Florestan, two artists famous for their achievements in the lyric repertoire, which is what is commonly called a risky occupation: "all tell me now: keep your ears stiff", Michael Schade brings his encounters during the rehearsals to the point: "it is a bit like, all in front of the TV would sit and wait, as this is when the Schade now shuts down the Streif. The spectacle is perfect anyway, because either the later half-dead lying on the ground and is taken away by helicopter, or all say: bravo