List of operas by Weber

This is a complete list of the operas of the German composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826).

List

Jähns (1871)[1]	Title	Genre	Sub­divisions	Libretto	Composition	Première date	Place, theatre
999-6 Anh. 6	MachtDie Macht der Liebe und des Weins	Singspiel			1798, but lost	0
999-1 Anh. 1	WaldmädchenDas Waldmädchen (Das stumme Waldmädchen or Das Mädchen im Spessarter Wald)	romantische Oper	2 acts	SteinsbergC. von Steinsberg	1800, but only fragments remain	1800-11-2424 November 1800	Freiberg (Saxony), Buttermarkt
008 8	Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn		2 acts	TürkJosef Türk after C G Cramer	1801–2, dialogue lost	1803-03-00 March? 1803	Augsburg
044-6 44-6	Rübezahl		2 acts	RhodeJ.G. Rhode, after J K A Musäus's Volksmärchen der Deutschen	1804–5, 3 nos. survive	0unperformed
087 87	Silvana	romantische Oper	3 acts	HiemerFranz Karl Hiemer, after C. von Steinsberg's text for Weber's Das Waldmädchen	1808–10	1810-09-1616 September 1810	Frankfurt
106	Abu Hassan	Singspiel	1 act	HiemerFranz Karl Hiemer	1810–11	1811-06-044 June 1811	Munich, Residenz
277	FreischützDer Freischütz	romantische Oper	3 acts	KindJohann Friedrich Kind	1817–21	1821-06-1818 June 1821	Berlin, Schauspielhaus
999-5 Anh. 5	dreiDie drei Pintos	komische Oper	3 acts	HellTheodore Hell New libretto by Carl von Weber (the composer's grandson) and Gustav Mahler	1820–21, incomplete. Score completed by Mahler based on surviving sketches and new music based on other pieces by Weber.	1888-01-2020 January 1888	Leipzig, Neues Stadt
291	Euryanthe	grosse heroisch-romantische Oper	3 acts	ChezyHelmina von Chézy	1822–23	1823-10-2525 October 1823	Vienna, Kärntnertortheater
306	Oberon or The Elf Kings Oath	romantische Oper	3 acts	PlancheJames Planché	1825–26	1826-04-1212 April 1826	London, Royal Opera House

References

1. Catalogue numbers of Weber's works as compiled by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1871).

• Brown, Clive (1992), 'Weber, Carl Maria von' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7