Music fit for an Emperor: Maximilian was so impressed by Carl Maria von Weber's new music for clarinet that he asked Weber to compose two concertos for his friend Heinrich Baermann to play. Here's one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do you hear the horn? It’s calling us into the world of Puck, Titania, and Oberon. Wake up in the fairy world with the Oberon ...

A new era is born.

This summer, Bravo debuted its first scripted comedy created by (and starring) author Jill Kargman,Odd Mom Out. Documenting the goings-on of an Upper East Side mother and her Waspy in-laws, the show ...

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 ...