Music to spin your partner by — "Invitation to the Dance," by Carl Maria Von Weber. This chamber music arrangement is by clarinetist Todd Palmer, a member of a brand new ensemble called Mistral. This ...

Carl Maria von Webers dark Romantic era tale of love, faith, and temptation is grippingly performed by the Dresden Staatskapelle led by conductor, Christian Thielemann in this live performance from ...

Der Freischütz or The Freeshooter is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. It premiered on June 18, 1821 at the Schauspielhaus ...

A love story with pastoral, folkloric and supernatural elements, composer Carl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz”, originally performed in 1821, was the first German Romantic opera. In 1973 it was ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Der Freischutz (The Marksman), a gothic horror opera long dismissed outside Germany as ludicrous, has ridden changing entertainment ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

With the release of X-Men: The Last Stand in movie theaters, there's a lot of hype about mutants. There are also plenty of classical music mutants. Here's a piece that mutates a number of tunes by ...

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When Weber's opera Der Freischütz received its triumphant premiere in 1821 the curtain had been finally raised on the new Romantic movement. Weber’s father was a keen amateur violinist and dreamt of ...

Early Romantic. Clarinet Concertos nos. 1 & 2 (F minor op. 73 & E flat major op. 74) and Clarinet Quintet in B flat major op. 34. Fabio di Càsola, clarinet. Russian Chamber Philharmonic St Petersburg.

Donald Macleod explores Carl Maria von Weber’s city lives and those dramas and scandals survived throughout. Weber’s relationship with European cities mirrored his life and work, from the restless ...