Carl Maria von Weber It was likewise in Dresden which Weber

 Carl Maria von Weber It was likewise in Dresden which Weber began to work on Der Freischütz, that had been an immediate success as it was completed in Berlin in 1821. The story, deriving from folklore, concerns a man who has sold his soul to the Devil for some magic bullets that will enable him to win a marksmanship contest and together with it the hand of the lady he loves. The opera presented, for the first time, matters familiar to every German: the village life, with its rough humour and sentimental affections, and also the surrounding woods, with its smiling appearance concealing unnatural terror. Most importantly, the characters, from the cheerful huntsmen and village women to the simple, valiant hero along with the prince who rules over them, were all--with the tuneful, sensational songs --a mirror in which every German may find his reflection. Back in Der Freischütz Weber not only helped liberate German opera from Italian and French influences, but, in his book orchestrations and in his choice of a subject matter comprising strong supernatural elements, he also laid the foundations of one of the principal forms of 19th-century opera. Der Freischütz made Weber a national hero.


His next opera, Euryanthe was a harder work and a larger accomplishment, expecting Wagner as his piano music does Chopin and Liszt. It nonetheless foundered on its awkward, although not intolerable, libretto. His purpose was to earn enough cash to support his family following his departure, which he understood to be not away. In shape, Oberon was little to his taste, using too many talked scenes and complex phase devices for a composer who had consistently worked for the unification of the theatrical arts in opera. But into it he poured some of his most exquisite music, and he traveled to London for its premiere in 1826. Barely able to walk, he was sustained by the kindness of his host, Sir George Smart, also from the longing to get home again to his loved ones. Shortly before he was expected to begin the journey back to Germany, he was found dead in his room.

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