Die drei Pintos is a comic opera of which Carl Maria von Weber began composing the music, working on a libretto by Theodor Hell. The work was completed about 65 years after Weber's death by Gustav Mahler. It premiered on 20 January 1888 at the Neues Stadttheater in Leipzig.
Carl Maria von Weber, by Caroline Bardua, 1821
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic of the early Romantic period. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the development of German Romantische Oper.
Weber in 1821, by Caroline Bardua
Carl Maria von Weber (1814) Painting by Thomas Lawrence
Weber's summer home (1818–1824) near Dresden; the Carl Maria von Weber Museum
Weber's grave in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden