weber was not well. he was suffering from tuberculosis, but needed money to support his family. so when he was invited to go to london to compose and produce his opera "oberon" he accepted the offer. he had already been having english lessons and learned to speak the language quite well. in 1826 he travelled to england where he finished composing "oberon" and conducted its first performance on 12 april. he stayed on in england to earn some more money. he was looking forward to going home, but on 5 june, the night before he was due to go back to germany, he died. he was buried in london. 18 years later richard wagner arranged for weber’s body to be brought back to germany to be buried in dresden.