- The most popular of the “Leonore” overtures - Based on the G. Henle Complete Edition of the “Works of Ludwig van Beethoven” - Orchestral parts in an enlarged format (25.5 cm x 32.5 cm) Of the four overtures that Beethoven composed for his only opera, the “Leonore Overture” No. 3 is the most popular. The first reviewer found fault with it for its “incessant dissonances and overblown fluttering of the violins” (Wiener Theater-Zeitung, 1806), but it soon became famous as “one of the most imp...