List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber


German composer Carl Maria von Weber is best remembered by his operas, of which he wrote 10 between 1798 and 1826. His first four survive in various states: a juvenile work, Die Macht der Liebe und des Weins, is completely lost, while 2 fragments survive for Das Waldmädchen. The libretto to Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn is lost and only 3 numbers from Rübezahl survive. The two aforementioned operas were revised as the stand alone overtures of Grande ouverture à plusieurs instruments and Der Beherrscher der Geister respectively. Weber's following operas – Silvana, Abu Hassan , Der Freischütz, Die drei Pintos, Euryanthe, Oberon – were all performed within his life time and survive intact, except Die drei Pintos which was completed by Gustav Mahler and performed in 1887.
The librettos have been by Carl von Steinsberg, Josef Türk, Johann Gottlieb Rhode, twice by , Johann Friedrich Kind, Theodor Hell, Helmina von Chézy and James Planché.

List of operas