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Introduction : Inventing German opera -- The native and the foreign : models for the German opera -- Der Freischütz and the character of the nation -- Euryanthe : reconfiguration and transformation -- Epilogue : Institutions, aesthetics, and genre after Weber's death -- Appendices. Synopsis of Das unterbrochene Opferfest ; Comparative table : versions of Das unterbrochene Opferfest ; Synopsis of Méhul's Joseph ; Comparative table : revisions to the final chorus of Joseph