O welche Lust, in freier Luft

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"O welche Lust, in freier Luft" is the famous opening line of the Prisoners’ Chorus from Ludwig van Beethoven’s opera *Fidelio*, expressing the inmates’ joy at briefly experiencing freedom.

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O welche Lust, in freier Luft canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chorus ⓘ
musical work excerpt ⓘ
opera ⓘ
opera chorus line ⓘ
accompaniedBy orchestra ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Florestan (indirectly, as fellow prisoner) ⓘ
linked to: Florestan
cataloguedIn Beethoven’s Fidelio score ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
expressesEmotion hope ⓘ
joy ⓘ
relief ⓘ
firstPerformanceWork Fidelio ⓘ
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72
fromAct Act 1 ⓘ
fromScene Prison courtyard scene ⓘ
genre opera chorus excerpt ⓘ
hasForm strophic chorus section ⓘ
hasKey B-flat major ⓘ
hasMeter common time ⓘ
hasNotableRecording Herbert von Karajan – Fidelio recording ⓘ
linked to: Herbert von Karajan

Otto Klemperer – EMI studio recording of Fidelio ⓘ
linked to: Otto Klemperer

Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1953 Bayreuth performance of Fidelio ⓘ
linked to: Bayreuth Festival
hasTempoIndication Allegro ⓘ
historicalContext early 19th-century Vienna ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideals of liberty ⓘ
language German ⓘ
German ⓘ
lyricist Georg Friedrich Treitschke ⓘ
Joseph Sonnleithner ⓘ
notableFor depiction of prisoners’ joy at brief experience of freedom ⓘ
openingLineOf Prisoners’ Chorus ⓘ
operaTitle Fidelio, oder Die eheliche Liebe ⓘ
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72
originalScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
partOf Fidelio ⓘ
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72

Fidelio ⓘ
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72

Prisoners’ Chorus ⓘ
performanceForces male chorus ⓘ
period Classical era ⓘ
premiereDate 1805-11-20 ⓘ
premierePlace Theater an der Wien ⓘ
setting prison courtyard ⓘ
sungBy prisoners ⓘ
textBeginsWith O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben ⓘ
theme joy of freedom ⓘ
temporary liberation ⓘ
usedAs symbol of freedom in music history commentary ⓘ

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Prisoners’ Chorus "O welche Lust" → textIncipit → O welche Lust, in freier Luft ⓘ
Prisoners’ Chorus "O welche Lust" → originalLanguageTitle → O welche Lust, in freier Luft ⓘ