Georg Friedrich Treitschke
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Georg Friedrich Treitschke (August 29, 1776, Leipzig, Germany – June 4, 1842, Vienna, Austria) was a German librettist and translator.
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.
