Georg Friedrich Treitschke

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Georg Friedrich Treitschke
Georg Friedrich Treitschke Litho 1830.jpg
1830 lithograph of Treitschke
Born29 August 1776
Leipzig, Germany
Died4 June 1842(1842-06-04) (aged 65)
Vienna, Austria
Occupation(s) Librettist, translator, lepidopterist

Georg Friedrich Treitschke (German: [ˈtʀaɪtʃkə] ; 29 August 1776 4 June 1842) was a German librettist, translator and lepidopterist.

In 1800, he came to the Vienna Hofoper. From 1809 to 1814, he was principal of the Viennese Theater an der Wien. He wrote mostly librettos for Paul Wranitzky, Adalbert Gyrowetz and C. Weigl (Weisenhaus, The Orphanage), and translated many French operas into German. In 1814, he revised the libretto of Fidelio at Ludwig van Beethoven's request.

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