fidelio

     

Fielio (Op. 72) is an opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph von Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly. The opera tells how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named "Fidelio", rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison.

Trivia about fidelio

  • Beethoven's only opera, based on J.N. Bouilly's "Leonore", it premiered in 1805
  • Beethoven wrote 4 overtures for this opera
  • Subtitled "Conjugal Love", it was Beethoven's one & only opera
  • This Beethoven opera was originally titled "Leonore"
  • In a Beethoven opera, Leonore disguises herself as this boy
  • This Beethoven opera was based on a play called "Leonore"
  • In a Beethoven opera, Leonore disguises herself as this title boy
  • Fragments of the "Ode to Joy" appear in the libretto of this 1805 opera, the composer's only one
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  • This Beethoven opera features the wonderful quartet "Mir ist so wunderbar"
  • In this Beethoven opera, Leonore gives the weak, imprisoned Florestan some bread
  • "Masculine Singular Ablative in Latin for Faithful or True"

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