Opera in two acts
Libretto
Joseph Ferdinand von Sonnleithner, Stefan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treischke
Premiere
First version: 20 November 1805, Wien (Theater an der Wien)
Second version: 29 March 1806, Wien (Theater an der Wien)
Final version: 23 May 1814, Wien (Kärntnertortheater)
Cast
LEONORE (FIDELIO) (soprano)
FLORESTAN (Tenor)
ROCCO (bass)
MARZELLINE (soprano)
JAQUINO (tenor)
DON PIZZARRO (baritone)
DON FERNANDO (bass-baritone)
FIRST PRISONER (tenor)
SECOND PRISONER (baritone)
CHORUS
Officers, soldiers, state prisoners, people
Place
State prison near Sevilla
Time
18th Century