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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Weber's great heroic-romantic opera Euryanthe premiered in Vienna in 1823. It concerns the wronged Euryanthe, victim of a plot to establish her unfaithfulness, but her love imbues her with colossal ...

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 ...