Beethoven's Last Night

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Beethoven's Last Night
Studio album by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Released	April 11, 2000
Recorded	1999
Genre	Symphonic rock progressive rock neoclassical metal
Length	73:00
Label	Warner Music Group Atlantic
Producer	Paul O'Neill Robert Kinkel
Trans-Siberian Orchestra chronology
The Christmas Attic (1998) Beethoven's Last Night (2000) The Lost Christmas Eve (2004)
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Narrated Version of "Beethoven's Last Night"

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Beethoven's Last Night is a rock opera by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, released in 2000. The album tells the fictional story of Ludwig van Beethoven on the last night of his life, as the devil, Mephistopheles, comes to collect his soul. With the help of Fate and her son Twist, Beethoven unwittingly tricks the devil and is allowed to keep his soul which he had thought lost, but that the devil had no claim on. The opera features many classical crossover rock songs which are clearly based on melodies from classical music, particularly Beethoven's works. It is the first Trans-Siberian Orchestra album that does not feature Christmas themes. The original cover art was created by Edgar Jerins,^[2] and re-issued cover art was created by Greg Hildebrandt.