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Fidelio (/ f ɪ ˈ d eɪ l j oʊ /; [1] German: [fiˈdeːlio]), originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe (Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), [2] Op. 72, is the sole opera by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
Pages in category "Operas by Ludwig van Beethoven" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Fidelio;
Title page of Beethoven's symphonies from the Gesamtausgabe. The list of compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consists of 722 works [1] written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until his last work just before his death in Vienna in 1827.
The Coriolan Overture (German: Coriolan-Ouvertüre or Ouvertüre zu Coriolan), Op. 62, is a composition written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1807 for Heinrich Joseph von Collin's 1804 tragedy Coriolan. [a] The overture was premiered in March 1807 at a private concert in the home of Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz.
April 7 – Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica, has its public premiere at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna under his baton, marking the beginning of his middle period. November 20 – Beethoven's only opera Fidelio in its original form (known retrospectively as Leonore) is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
Italian opera composers Bellini and Donizetti were known to have written roles specifically for her voice. [19] Anton Haizinger and Joseph Seipelt sang the tenor and bass/baritone parts, respectively. Portrait of Beethoven in 1824, the year his Ninth Symphony was premiered. He was almost completely deaf by the time of its composition.
When Beethoven began composing his Symphony No. 7, Napoleon was planning his campaign against Russia.After Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (and possibly Symphony No. 5 as well), Symphony No. 7 seems to be another one of his musical confrontations with Napoleon, this time in the context of the European wars of liberation from years of Napoleonic domination.
The sonatas use the key symbolism that characterises Beethoven's opera Fidelio, the original version of which was composed in 1805, around the same time of these sonatas. [27] The Rasumovsky quartets also show for the first time Beethoven's interest in folk song , particularly in the third quartet of the set , where the Andante movement is ...