Fidelio the opera which, thanks to the music of Beethoven, gives us comfort and courage... Certainly, "Fidelio" is not an opera in the sense we are used to, nor is Beethoven a musician for the theater, or a dramaturgist. He is quite a bit more, a whole musician, and beyond that, a saint and a visionary. That which disturbs us is not a material effect, nor the fact of the 'imprisonment'; any film could create the same effect. No, it is the music, it is Beethoven himself. It is this 'nostalgia of liberty' he feels, or better, makes us feel; this
Aladdin (opera) Aladdin (opera) Aladdin, Op. 43, is an opera by the Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg, to a libretto written by and . Two versions exist, in Swedish and German. The opera is based on the story, "Aladdin's Magic Lamp" from "One Thousand and One Nights". It was first performed on 18 March 1941 at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm. The idea for the composition was born in August 1936 when the composer met the librettists in Garmisch. The libretto was largely finished when Atterberg began composing the piano score on 15 July 1937. On 24 August 1940 the piano score was