Leonora (opera)
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Leonora, ossia L’amore coniugale (Leonora or Conjugal Love) is an opera (specifically a dramma semiserio) in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The libretto, by Giovanni Schmidt, is based on Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal (1794) by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, which was also the source of Beethoven's Fidelio. Beethoven himself owned a score of Paer's opera and it is believed to have had some influence on his work. Leonora was first performed at the Kleines Kurfürstliches Theater, Dresden, on 3 October 1804 with the composer's wife singing the title role.
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Leonora | |
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Opera by Ferdinando Paer | |
Librettist | Giovanni Schmidt |
Language | Italian |
Based on | Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal |
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