Carl Maria von Weber and the search for a German opera

Introduction : Inventing German opera

The native and the foreign : models for the German opera

Der Freischütz and the character of the nation

Euryanthe : reconfiguration and transformation

Epilogue : Institutions, aesthetics, and genre after Weber's death

Appendices. Synopsis of Das unterbrochene Opferfest ; Comparative table : versions of Das unterbrochene Opferfest ; Synopsis of Méhul's Joseph ; Comparative table : revisions to the final chorus of Joseph ; Synopsis of Euryanthe.