Georg Friedrich Treitschke

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Georg Friedrich Treitschke was a German librettist and translator.

Born on August 29 1776 in Leipzig, Germany, died on June 4 1842 in Vienna, Austria. 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), translated many French operas into German. In 1814 he revised the libretto of Fidelio at Ludwig van Beethoven's request.

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