The work was one of the first German operas to be published in full score.

It is the earliest German opera whose music has survived.

The company had an important role in the development of German opera in the late 18th century.

With this work German comic opera took its beginning.

Weber wrote a potboiler that was meant to make a case for popular German opera.

There was no sign of the German opera expected from Meyerbeer.

A specialist in German opera, he wrote numerous program and record notes and reviews.

Yet Euryanthe marks another important stage in the development of serious German opera.

There have been eight musical versions including a German opera in the Twenties.

It was a golden age for Russian and German operas which were now sung in their original language.