Fidelio abandoned "Vestas Feuer" for "Fidelio", and was eventually freed from his obligations to Schikaneder when the latter was fired from his post as theater director in 1804. "Fidelio" itself, which Beethoven began in 1804 immediately after giving up on "Vestas Feuer", was first performed in 1805 and was extensively revised by the composer for subsequent performances in 1806 and 1814. Although Beethoven used the title ' ("Leonore, or The Triumph of Married Love"), the 1805 performances were billed as "Fidelio" at the theatre's insistence, to avoid confusion with the 1798 opera ' by Pierre Gaveaux, and the 1804 opera "Leonora"
Found and Lost (opera) Found and Lost (opera) Found and Lost is a one-act opera by Emily Hall, first performed in January 2016, which "straddles the worlds of opera, art installation and promenade theatrical event". The opera, which lasts about 50 minutes, is to a libretto by Matthew Welton. It is described as "an opera installation...written using found texts within Corinthia Hotel London" – these texts include for example checklists for room service staff. The opera was created by the composer whilst she was an artist-in-residence at the Corinthia Hotel in London. The composer's brief was to write an opera to take place in