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| Composer | Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Librettist | Friedrich Kind |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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MunichDer Freischütz
Weber: Der Freischütz
Daniele Rustioni; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Bavarian State Opera; Johannes Knecht; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky
PragueDer Freischütz
Weber: Der Freischütz
Hermann Bäumer; Andreas Homoki; Prague National Theatre Opera; Elisa Alessi; Franck Evin; Prague State Opera Orchestra
BerlinDer Freischütz für Kinder
Weber: Der Freischütz
Elias Corrinth; Kai Anne Schuhmacher; Staatsoper Berlin; Silke Bauer; Valerie Hirschmann; Irene Selka; Staatskapelle Berlin
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A spectacular Freischütz in Bregenz
At the Bregenz Festival, director Philpp Stölzl gives us a radical updating of the classic, with an interpretation many miles away from Weber.
Tcherniakov's new Freischütz a brilliant piece of theater in Munich
Dmitri Tcherniakov updates the "German Romantic Opera" into a modern-day thriller with interesting twists in a musically splendid performance in Munich.
Weber's Freischütz minus the magic at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
A disappointing staging of Weber's supernatural opera by Compagnie 14:20 in Paris
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