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The reception of Der Freischütz surpassed Weber's own hopes and it quickly became an international success, with productions in Vienna the same year followed by Dresden, Leipzig, Hamburg, Munich, Karlsruhe, Königsberg, Prague, other German centres, Riga and Copenhagen. 1824 saw productions in four London theatres in four different adaptations, as well as an inadequate [8] adaptation by ...
Carl Maria von Weber in 1821. The following is a complete list of compositions by Carl Maria von Weber in order of both opus number and catalogue number. A complete chronological catalogue of Weber's works was compiled by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns and published in 1871.
Der Freischütz came to be regarded as the first German opera, [2] Euryanthe developed the leitmotif technique to an unprecedented degree, while Oberon may have influenced Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and, at the same time, revealed Weber's lifelong interest in the music of non-Western cultures.
Weber's fame from Der Freischütz led to another important commission, this time from the Royal Opera House, London. [20] For this he composed his final opera and only one in English, Oberon, to a libretto by James Planché, based on Christoph Martin Wieland's epic poem of the same name. [21] The work received much acclaim.
Opera Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J.277 (1821) Overture 1846 S.575 Freischütz Fantasy: 1840‑41 S.451 Konzertstück in F minor, piano and orchestra, Op. 79, J.282 (1821) Transcription 1868–70 S.576a piano and orchestra S.367a
The fluctuations of light and shade are reminiscent of Schubertian scoring, or of Weber (e.g. Der Freischütz overture): but without modulation into remote tonalities, they never really portend a tragic conclusion, but rather the lovers' dilemmas and local color. Though the powerful overture hints at a darker outcome, the opera ends happily.
From the very first bars of the overture, it is obvious we are in the primeval forests of Germany. The highlight of the opera is the chilling Wolf's Glen Scene in which the hero Max makes his deal with the Devil. Der Freischütz was immensely popular, not only in Germany, but throughout Europe. Weber never really achieved his full potential as ...