Operas de beethoven biography

Only opera by Ludwig van Beethoven

This article is about Beethoven's only opera.

Fidelio - Wikipedia

For other uses, see Fidelio (disambiguation).

Fidelio (;^[1]German:[fiˈdeːlio]), originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe (Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love),Op. 72, is the sole opera by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly.

The opera premiered at Vienna's Theater an der Wien on 20 November 1805. The following year, Beethoven's friend Stephan von Breuning rewrote the libretto, shortening the work from three acts to two.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Wikipedia

After further work on the libretto by Georg Friedrich Treitschke, a final version was performed at the Kärntnertortheater on 23 May 1814. As these libretto revisions were going on, Beethoven was also revising some of the music. By convention, only the final version is called Fidelio, and the others are referred to as Ludwig van Beethoven | Kennedy Center BYPU