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Heavily in debt, Abu Hassan persuades his wife Fatime to tell the Caliph’s wife that he has died so she can collect money and gifts. Hassan then tries to obtain money from the Caliph using a similar story about Fatime. After both separately feign death, the Caliph offers a reward to learn who died first. Hassan and Fatime revive, ask pardon, and are forgiven; the creditor Omar is sent away.
To marry Agathe, Max must pass a shooting trial. His rival Kaspar persuades him to use magic bullets cast with help from Samiel, the Black Huntsman, who can guide the seventh bullet. At the trial, the bullet appears to strike Agathe but is deflected by her bridal wreath and the hermit, and kills Kaspar instead. Max confesses, and the prince bans him from marrying Agathe. The hermit persuades the prince to allow the marriage after Max completes a year of probation.
On his way to marry a woman he has never met, the foolish Don Pinto is tricked into drunken sleep by student Don Gaston, who takes his marriage letter. Gaston and Pinto each impersonate the bridegroom, while Clarissa and her true love Gomez struggle against the arranged marriage. The real Pinto is ultimately exposed and expelled, allowing Clarissa and Gomez to marry.
Lysiart wagers that he can win Euryanthe and conspires with Eglantine after learning the secret of Adolar’s dead sister. Adolar believes the false accusation of Euryanthe’s infidelity and abandons her, but her courage and the exposure of Eglantine’s scheme restore the lovers; the king blesses their reunion.
Music by Carl Maria von Weber, orchestrated by Hector Berlioz. The curtain rises on a girl's bedroom. The Young Girl comes into the room dressed in a white bonnet and ball gown. She has returned to her home after her first ball. She holds a rose as a souvenir of the evening. She drops into a chair and falls asleep. The rose falls from her fingers to the floor. The Spirit of the Rose is seen at the window. He steps to the floor and nears The Young Girl. Still asleep, she rises and dances with him. He leads her back to the chair, kisses her, then leaps through the window and into the night. The Young Girl awakes and rises. She picks up the rose she dropped and kisses it. The curtain falls.
Oberon hopes to reconcile with Titania by finding faithful human lovers. He sends knight Huon to Baghdad, where Huon meets Reiza and they fall in love. After surviving shipwreck and capture, the couple face execution in Tunis; Oberon and Titania intervene, transport them to Charlemagne’s court, and Huon is pardoned.
Heavily in debt, Abu Hassan persuades his wife Fatime to tell the Caliph’s wife that he has died so she can collect money and gifts. Hassan then tries to obtain money from the Caliph using a similar story about Fatime. After both separately feign death, the Caliph offers a reward to learn who died first. Hassan and Fatime revive, ask pardon, and are forgiven; the creditor Omar is sent away.
To marry Agathe, Max must pass a shooting trial. His rival Kaspar persuades him to use magic bullets cast with help from Samiel, the Black Huntsman, who can guide the seventh bullet. At the trial, the bullet appears to strike Agathe but is deflected by her bridal wreath and the hermit, and kills Kaspar instead. Max confesses, and the prince bans him from marrying Agathe. The hermit persuades the prince to allow the marriage after Max completes a year of probation.
On his way to marry a woman he has never met, the foolish Don Pinto is tricked into drunken sleep by student Don Gaston, who takes his marriage letter. Gaston and Pinto each impersonate the bridegroom, while Clarissa and her true love Gomez struggle against the arranged marriage. The real Pinto is ultimately exposed and expelled, allowing Clarissa and Gomez to marry.
Lysiart wagers that he can win Euryanthe and conspires with Eglantine after learning the secret of Adolar’s dead sister. Adolar believes the false accusation of Euryanthe’s infidelity and abandons her, but her courage and the exposure of Eglantine’s scheme restore the lovers; the king blesses their reunion.
Music by Carl Maria von Weber, orchestrated by Hector Berlioz. The curtain rises on a girl's bedroom. The Young Girl comes into the room dressed in a white bonnet and ball gown. She has returned to her home after her first ball. She holds a rose as a souvenir of the evening. She drops into a chair and falls asleep. The rose falls from her fingers to the floor. The Spirit of the Rose is seen at the window. He steps to the floor and nears The Young Girl. Still asleep, she rises and dances with him. He leads her back to the chair, kisses her, then leaps through the window and into the night. The Young Girl awakes and rises. She picks up the rose she dropped and kisses it. The curtain falls.
Oberon hopes to reconcile with Titania by finding faithful human lovers. He sends knight Huon to Baghdad, where Huon meets Reiza and they fall in love. After surviving shipwreck and capture, the couple face execution in Tunis; Oberon and Titania intervene, transport them to Charlemagne’s court, and Huon is pardoned.
An early German opera by Carl Maria von Weber, based on a novel by Carl Gottlob Cramer. Its libretto has not survived, and the plot is not documented here.
Count Rudolf finds the mute forest girl Silvana and falls in love with her, while Mechthilde loves Albert, son of her father’s enemy. Silvana is revealed to be Ottilie, Count Adelhart’s daughter, whom he had abandoned as a child; recognizing her, he ends the feud and allows both daughters to marry their beloveds.