WoO 96 (earlier Leonore version)

E280016

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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)