Maximilian Schmitt/Polina Pasztircsák/Max Urlacher/Freiburg Baroque O/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi, two CDs) A studio-made recording of the 1821 German opera that influenced generations of composers ...

Trying to giveCarl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz” (“The Marksman”) a contemporary twist is fraught with peril, since magic, omens and the power of the natural world are integral to this 1821 ...

MELBOURNE Opera has nudged into new territory and notched up one of its greatest successes with this new production of Der Freischutz(The Marksman). Last seen in Melbourne in 1969, it has returned ...

Der Freischütz or The Freeshooter is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. It premiered on June 18, 1821 at the Schauspielhaus ...

Melbourne Opera is proud to present a new production of Weber's Romantic masterpiece, the powerful Der Freischütz/The Marksman, not performed in Melbourne since 1969. Sung in English, directed by ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Sally Wilson as Agathe and Jason Wasley as Max in the Melbourne Opera production of Der Freischütz ...

Opera Atelier’s first venture into German Romantic opera, Der Freischutz (The Marksman), is an impressive work, both musically and visually, though it doesn’t always hit the bull’s-eye. Artistic ...

BERLIN — For reasons difficult to fathom, Weber’s “Der Freischütz” has rarely caught on outside Germany. In the United States, opera companies have all but given up on it. Perhaps its rustic tale of a ...

'Der Freischütz' (or 'The Free Hunters') is Weber's most performed opera, with music rich in hunting horn melodies and horse-driven rhythms. At first dark and ominous, then breakneck and turbulent, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Classical Recordings By Anthony Tommasini In his last years the eminent conductor Colin Davis, who died in April at 85, had debilitating stretches of ...