Die Feen
As a German Romantic opera, "Die Feen" imitated the musical style of Carl Maria von Weber. According to Danilo Prefumo's notes to one of the recordings available, it also showed the influence of Italian opera, "grand opera" and "opéra comique". On the other hand, Alan Blyth, "Gramophone's" regular Wagner reviewer, sees both Weber and Marschner as influences but says that, by avoiding the aping of Italian opera in "Das Liebesverbot" and of grand opera in "Rienzi", the result was an opera more stylistically unified than its successors. "The later works may contain individual passages that are more 'advanced' than anything in the youthfully imitative ways of Die Feen, but as entities they are less satisfying."