Treitschke, Georg Friedrich#
Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, b. Leipzig (Germany), Aug. 29, 1776, d. Vienna, June 4, 1842, librettist and translator. 1800 started acting at the Imperial Vienna Opera House; 1802 dramatist and poet; 1809-1814 director of the Theater an der Wien (from 1811 again at the Imperial Opera House). Mainly wrote singspiel librettos for P. Wranitzky, A. Gyrowetz and C. Weigl ("Das Waisenhaus"); numerous translations of French operas. T. also revised, at L. van Beethoven's request, the libretto of "Fidelio" in 1814.
Literature#
M. Zihrasser, G. F. T. und seine Bedeutung fuer die Wr. Hoftheater, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1950; U. Arbter, G. F. T., Beethovens dritter "Fidelio"-Librettist, in Wien, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1997.