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Premiere of Leonore
- When
- 20 November 1805
- Where
- Vienna
Beethoven's opera premiered as Leonore at the Theater an der Wien on 20 November 1805, billed as Fidelio to avoid confusion.
The three-act German libretto adapted by Joseph Sonnleithner from Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's French work premiered at the Theater an der Wien. The theatre insisted on billing the performance as Fidelio to avoid confusion with operas by Gaveaux and Paer, despite Beethoven's title Leonore. Additional performances occurred the following two nights.
Sources
- Fidelio Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-10
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