Opera
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Ludwig van Beethoven s only opera, Fidelio (1805, rev. 1814...background of French rescue opera and the theme of personal...departure for German romantic opera for E. T. A. Hoffmann s...and Oberon (1826). These operas, although somewhat limited...grandiose music dramas of Richard Wagner , who also wrote his own librettos. Wagners early operas, such as Rienzi...