Silvana

Silvana is an opera by Carl Maria von Weber, first performed in Frankfurt am Main on 16 September 1810. The libretto, by Franz Carl Hiemer, is a reworking of an earlier, unsuccessful opera by Weber, Das Waldmädchen. Weber also reused music from the same piece in Silvana. Weber used a melody from a discarded aria for the opera to compose the popular Seven Variations on a theme from Silvana for clarinet and piano. He used the same melody for the th... more

Silvana is an opera by Carl Maria von Weber, first performed in Frankfurt am Main on 16 September 1810. The libretto, by Franz Carl Hiemer, is a reworking of an earlier, unsuccessful opera by Weber, Das Waldmädchen. Weber also reused music from the same piece in Silvana. Weber used a melody from a discarded aria for the opera to compose the popular Seven Variations on a theme from Silvana for clarinet and piano. He used the same melody for the theme-and-variations first movement of his Sonata no. 5 in A major (from the Six sonates progressives for piano and violin obbligato, J 99-104). less