O welche Lust, in freier Luft
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"O welche Lust, in freier Luft" is the famous opening line of the Prisoners’ Chorus from Ludwig van Beethoven’s opera *Fidelio*, expressing the inmates’ joy at briefly experiencing freedom.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fidelio | 0 |
| Prisoners’ Chorus | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chorus
ⓘ
musical work excerpt ⓘ opera ⓘ opera chorus line ⓘ |
| accompaniedBy | orchestra ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Florestan (indirectly, as fellow prisoner) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | Beethoven’s Fidelio score ⓘ |
| composer |
Ludwig van Beethoven
ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| expressesEmotion |
hope
ⓘ
joy ⓘ relief ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | Fidelio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fromAct | Act 1 ⓘ |
| fromScene | Prison courtyard scene ⓘ |
| genre | opera chorus excerpt ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic chorus section ⓘ |
| hasKey | B-flat major ⓘ |
| hasMeter | common time ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
Herbert von Karajan – Fidelio recording
NERFINISHED
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Otto Klemperer – EMI studio recording of Fidelio NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1953 Bayreuth performance of Fidelio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTempoIndication | Allegro ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 19th-century Vienna ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Enlightenment ideals of liberty ⓘ |
| language |
German
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Georg Friedrich Treitschke
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Sonnleithner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of prisoners’ joy at brief experience of freedom ⓘ |
| openingLineOf | Prisoners’ Chorus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operaTitle | Fidelio, oder Die eheliche Liebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fidelio
NERFINISHED
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Fidelio NERFINISHED ⓘ Prisoners’ Chorus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceForces | male chorus ⓘ |
| period | Classical era ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1805-11-20 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Theater an der Wien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | prison courtyard ⓘ |
| sungBy | prisoners ⓘ |
| textBeginsWith | O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben ⓘ |
| theme |
joy of freedom
ⓘ
temporary liberation ⓘ |
| usedAs | symbol of freedom in music history commentary ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.