2007-10-08 16:01:23 · 8 answers · asked by vincentchan16@sbcglobal.net 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
It was Fidelio, originally called Leonore.
I was fortunate to see this opera at the Dorothy Chandler in LA last month. It was wonderful. Not only that its an opera with a happy ending (pretty rare). The overture is very famous - it was a labour of love for Beethoven - he made several attempts before settling on the one that is most common used in performances today. There is a quartet in the opera that is now one of the most famous in all opera and the prisoners chorus is again, rightly famous as another of Beethoven's masterpieces.
2007-10-08 17:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by Malcolm D 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
The opera Fidelio opus 72 in 1805
2007-10-12 14:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by nicko190 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fidelio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelio
2007-10-08 16:14:09 · answer #3 · answered by glinzek 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Fidelio
2007-10-12 15:02:00 · answer #4 · answered by Diarmuid H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Fidelio. About a woman who goes undercover to work at a jail where her husband was wrongly imprisoned. While pretending to be a man, the jailer's daughter falls in love with her. And then her trying to free and clear her husband's name.
2007-10-08 17:11:59 · answer #5 · answered by theseizemusic 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
just an addendum to Malcolm's answer (which is the correct answer and most thorough) the differences between Fidelio and Leonore are very subtle ... they are essentially the same opera but the feel of Leonore is a more softer subtler opera than Fidelio
2007-10-09 01:43:11 · answer #6 · answered by toutvas bien 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Fidelio, considered one of his best works.
2007-10-09 13:16:50 · answer #7 · answered by Redeemer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only piece of Beethoven's that I know of with lyrics is Symphony # 9, Ode to Joy.
2007-10-08 16:05:33 · answer #8 · answered by Josie 2 · 0⤊ 7⤋