Indiana University Press, 2003. — 268 p.
Introduction: Inventing German Opera
The Native and the Foreign: Models for the German Opera
Der Freischutz and the Character of the Nation
Euryante: Reconfiguration and Transformation
Epilogue: Institutions, Aesthetics, and Genre after Weber's Death
Appendix: Synopsis of Das Unterbrochene Opferfest
Appendix: Comparative Table: Version of Das Unterbrochene Opferfest
Appendix: Synopsis of Mehul's Ioseph
Appendix: Comparative Table: Revisions to the Final Chorus of Ioseph
Appendix: Synopsis of Euryanthe