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Joseph Sonnleithner
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Joseph Sonnleithner
Joseph Ferdinand Sonnleithner
(3 March 1766 – 25 December 1835) was an
Austrian
librettist
,
theater director
archivist
and
lawyer
. He was the son of
Christoph Sonnleithner
, brother of
Ignaz von Sonnleithner
and uncle of
Franz Grillparzer
and
Leopold von Sonnleithner
. He was a personal friend and attorney of
Ludwig van Beethoven
, and he wrote numerous librettos, among them, Beethoven's stage opera
Fidelio
,
Faniska
by
Luigi Cherubini
and
Agnes Sorel
by
Adalbert Gyrowetz
.
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