Opera Review: 'Léonore, ou L'Amour conjugal' by Opera Lafayette at the Lisner Auditorium
Gaveaux's opera comique "Léonore, ou L'Amour conjugal" has become something of a historical footnote to Beethoven over the years. Wildly popular in late to post-revolutionary France, its libretto also formed the basis of Beethoven's only opera, "Fidelio," a work which has never managed to shake its reputation for being unsuccessful despite its author's fame. It […]