Person    | Male  Born /11/1786  Died 5/6/1826

Carl Maria von Weber

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Germany

Born Eutin, Germany, died London, from tuberculosis. A sick man he came to London to write the English opera Oberon which received an enthusiastic reception at Covent Garden in April 1826.

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