Schubert wrote his first theatrical work when he was fourteen and his hopes of success in the genre, never truly realised, were long lasting. He wrote concert overtures and music for Singspiele (Song-plays), in some of which he was guided by his teacher, Salieri. The music for the melodrama Die Zauberharfe (The Magic Harp) is better known as the Overture to Rosamunde, but evidence of his captivating vitality, tunefulness and theatricality is everywhere to be heard.

• Schubert: Claudine von Villa Bella, D239
• Schubert: Der Spiegelritter (The Looking-Glass Knight), D11
• Schubert: Der Teufel als Hydraulicus D 4
• Schubert: Der Vierjährige Posten, D 190
• Schubert: Des Teufels Lustschloss, D84
• Schubert: Die Freunde von Salamanka, D326
• Schubert: Die Verschworenen (Der häusliche Krieg), D787: Overture
• Schubert: Die Zwillingsbrüder, D647
• Schubert: Fierrabras D 796: Overture
• Schubert: Overture 'Rosamunde' (from Alfonso und Estrella, D732)
• Schubert: Overture D 12 in D major
• Schubert: Overture D 26 in D major
• Schubert: Overture D 556 in D major
• Schubert: Overture D 590 in D major 'in the Italian style'
• Schubert: Overture D 591 in C major 'in the Italian style'
• Schubert: Overture D 648 in E minor
• Schubert: Overture in B flat major, D470
• Schubert: Rosamunde, D797: Overture