Oberon

Overview

Weber's romantic opera Oberon (1826), or its overture, which Marie plays and hears everywhere.

Relevance to Marie

Stub replaced. Weber's work from the LAN note at 007.0372.

References in Diary

On 9 August 1873 at the Vienna Exhibition, bored and alone, she hears «fantaisie sur Obéron que je déteste. Je l'ai joué, et par-dessus cela, comme exprès, on le joue dans tous les concerts où je vais» (007.0372); then Johann Strauss appears. On 17 April 1875, at Laussel's pupils' recital in Nice, the solemnity begins with «notre ouverture d'Obéron», played on eight hands; Marie does not make a mistake and is not afraid (031.0258).