WoO 96 (earlier Leonore version)

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WoO 96 (earlier Leonore version) is an early, alternate version of Beethoven’s opera that predates and differs from the final form known as Fidelio, Op. 72.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
WoO 96 1
WoO 96 (earlier Leonore version) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
opera
basedOn story of a wife who rescues her unjustly imprisoned husband
catalogueDesignation Werke ohne Opuszahl 96
centralTheme a wife’s heroic rescue of her husband from unjust imprisonment
composer Ludwig van Beethoven
countryOfOrigin Austria
distinctFrom Fidelio, Op. 72
genre Singspiel
rescue opera
hasDifferentMusicFrom Fidelio, Op. 72
hasDifferentOvertureFrom Fidelio, Op. 72
hasDifferentStructureFrom Fidelio, Op. 72
hasForm opera in two acts
hasLaterRevisionsIn Fidelio, Op. 72 (1806 version)
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72

Fidelio, Op. 72 (1814 version)
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72
historicalSignificance documents Beethoven’s early conception of his only opera
language German
laterVersion Fidelio
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72

Fidelio, Op. 72
musicStyle Beethovenian dramatic style
notableCharacter Florestan
Jaquino
Leonore
linked to: Leonore overtures

Marzelline
Pizarro
Rocco
notableFeature contains musical material later revised for Fidelio
earlier, less familiar version of the Fidelio story
rarely performed compared to Fidelio
opusNumberStatus without opus number
period Classical era
early Romantic era
placeOfFirstPerformance Vienna
precedes Fidelio, Op. 72
relationToFidelio early alternate version
preliminary form of the opera later known as Fidelio
sharesCharactersWith Fidelio, Op. 72
sharesLibrettoWith Fidelio, Op. 72
subjectMatter marital fidelity
personal liberty
political oppression
title Leonore
linked to: Leonore overtures
workNumber WoO 96
workType stage work

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fidelio, Op. 72 catalogueNumber WoO 96 (earlier Leonore version)
WoO 96 (earlier Leonore version) workNumber WoO 96
linked to: WoO 96 (earlier Leonore version)