Leonore (disambiguation)
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Leonore may refer to:
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- The title character, and original title, of Beethoven's opera FidelioFidelioFidelio is a German opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly which had been used for the 1798 opera Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal by Pierre Gaveaux, and for the 1804 opera Leonora...
- The opera Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal by Pierre GaveauxPierre GaveauxPierre Gaveaux was a French operatic tenor and composer, notable for creating the role of Jason in Cherubini's Médée and for composing the first operatic version of the story that later found fame as Fidelio....
(1798) - The heroine of two Verdi operas, La forza del destinoLa forza del destinoLa forza del destino is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino , by Ángel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager. It was first performed...
and Il trovatoreIl trovatoreIl trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto... - Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van AmsbergCountess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van AmsbergCountess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg , is the third child and second daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, née Brinkhorst...
(2006-), Dutch princess - Leonore, IllinoisLeonore, IllinoisLeonore is a village in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 110 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area. Known locally as the site of a famous bank robbery...
, a village in the United States
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- LenoreLenore"Lenore" is a poem by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. It began as a different poem, "A Paean", and was not published as "Lenore" until 1843.- Interpretation :...
- LeonoraLeonora (opera)Leonora, ossia L’amore coniugale is an opera in two acts by the Italian composer Ferdinando Paer. The libretto, by Giovanni Schmidt, is based on Léonore ou L’Amour conjugal by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, which was also the source of Beethoven's Fidelio...
, opera by Ferdinando PaerFerdinando Paer-Biography:Paer was born at Parma. His father was a trumpeter with the Ducal Bodyguards and also performed at church and court events. His name, Ferdinando, was after Duke Ferdinand of Parma and was given to him by Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Duke Ferdinand's wife...
(1804), based on the same story as FidelioFidelioFidelio is a German opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto is by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly which had been used for the 1798 opera Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal by Pierre Gaveaux, and for the 1804 opera Leonora...