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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, and was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Weber's operas Der ...

Donald Macleod explores Carl Maria von Weber’s city lives and those dramas and scandals survived throughout. Weber’s relationship with European cities mirrored his life and work, from the restless ...

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 ...

Read full article: Conductor Raphaël Pichon makes delayed New York debut at age 40 Conductor Raphaël Pichon makes his New York debut at age 40 on Thursday night, leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at ...