Can you identify another work (post-1805) of opera, literature, theater, film, or television that revisits the central themes of Beethoven’s Fidelio? Be sure to identify explicitly the parallels that you see, and highlight the principal contrasts with Beethoven’s work.

Option 1 (Easier option):

Can you identify another work (post-1805) of opera, literature, theater, film, or television that revisits the central themes of Beethoven’s Fidelio? Be sure to identify explicitly the parallels that you see, and highlight the principal contrasts with Beethoven’s work.

Do NOT use the following as examples: Disney movie Aladdin, Game of Thrones, The Princess Bride, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone (1944), Saving Private Ryan (film), “The Count of Monte Cristo”,

Option 2 (probably more challenging, depends on writers knowledge):

(Note to writer: feel free to do this question instead of the first option for Question 2, but I think the first is much easier)

Can you find another work of musical theater (not necessarily opera) with a revision history comparable to that of Beethoven’s opera? That is, can you identify a musical theater work that was similarly unsuccessful at first, but underwent major revisions (perhaps several times) to find acclaim? (In your response, be sure to refer—briefly!—to the parallel stages of Beethoven’s opera).

Do NOT use these examples:

The Addams Family” musical, Igor Stravinsky’s orchestral concert, The Rite of Spring, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Additional resources

Fidelio on Youtube (note to writer: you probably do not need to watch this, but you can if you want)

Fidelio – Overture

BEETHOVEN: Fidelio, Act I, Scene 4: -Mir ist so wunderbar

Beethoven: Fidelio, Act I, Scene 9: Prisoners’ Chorus

Beethoven: Fidelio, Act II, Scene 1: -Gott! Welch ein Dunkel hier

Also see uploaded PDF titled “Fidelio Libretto” for direct translations(again synopsis from met opera will probably suffice)

Question 3 (250 words)  (this one is more challenging)
Focus: Lockwood, ch. 20 (pp. 400–411 only) + Missa Solemnis in D major, op. 123

Prof. Lockwood highlights the fact that, in spite of the Romantic emphasis on personal inspiration and individual genius, Beethoven himself believed that “he could increase his ability to represent holiness in music” by “studying older music” (p. 405). Choose one example of older music (perhaps drawing on one of the non