During performances of this opera at the Met in the 1880s, conductor Artur Bodanzky replaced most of the spoken dialogue with recitatives. This opera 
During performances of this opera at the Met in the 1880s, conductor Artur Bodanzky replaced most of the spoken dialogue with recitatives. This opera opens with a duet between Marcellina and Jacquino, while a jailer named Rocco is among those who participate in the quartet "Mir ist so wunderbar." The title character is actually a (*) woman named Leonora who attempts to rescue her husband Florestan from prison. Composed the same year as the Kreutzer Sonata and Eroica Symphony, for 10 points, name this only opera by Ludwig van Beethoven.
During performances of this opera at the Met in the 1880s, conductor Artur Bodanzky replaced most of the spoken dialogue with recitatives.