Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 | Ádám Fischer and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

Start the new year with Beethoven at his finest: The Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b performed by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg under the baton of Ádám Fischer. This dramatic work was also the overture of the gala concert on the occasion of the International Classical Music Awards 2022 at the Philharmonie Luxembourg. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) wrote only one opera. He twice rewrote the original version of 1804/05, with the programmatic title Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe (Leonore, or the Triumph of Married Love) before he premiered it himself under the name Fidelio in 1814. There are four different overtures to the three versions of the opera, and Overture No. 3, Op. 72b even began its own “career”. To this day it’s a popular overture for concerts, usually being performed at the beginning of the program. In itself, Leonore Overture No. 3 is an instrumental, abridged version of the opera Fidelio, the plot and moods of which it anticipates in concise