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 ...
Drawing from German folk legend, Carl Maria Von Weber’s compelling and emotional piece is the first of the country’s great Romantic operas. A supernatural tale of young love and the struggle between ...
Carl Maria von Webers dark Romantic era tale of love, faith, and temptation is grippingly performed by the Dresden Staatskapelle led by conductor, Christian Thielemann in this live performance from ...
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 ...
Am 18. Juni 1821 wurde Carl Maria von Webers romantische Oper am Königlichen Schauspielhaus Berlin am Gendarmenmarkt uraufgeführt. 200 Jahre später feiert die Oper in einer Inszenierung von La Fura ...
Heartbeat Opera, the five-year-old indie company that specializes in radical reworkings of classics, is offering a contemporary makeover of Carl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz” (1821) at the Baruch ...
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, and was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Weber's operas Der ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its ...