BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Wednesday, August 18, 1824

Today, Carl Maria von Weber receives an offer from Charles Kemble to write a new opera for Covent Garden. Kemble also asks Weber to come to London to produce his operas Der Freischütz and Preciosa. Weber thinks about the offer for three days. He also seeks out his doctor’s advice, which is not to take on this kind of stress.