Der Freischütz - Premiere - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Romantic opera in three acts
Carl Maria von Weber
Libretto by Friedrich Kind


The hunter Max lacks any accuracy. What else is there but to cast free balls with his comrade Kaspar at a dark hour that doesn't miss a target? Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz leads deep into romantic worlds, with a hunter's choir and maiden wreath, forest and wolf's gorge as well as dark powers and white roses that protect against evil. At its premiere in 1821, shortly after the wars of liberation, the opera articulated nationalism and a romantic attitude to life like no other. At the same time, Der Freischütz is a musical comedy about inner worlds, fears and trauma, sexual desires and trust in God. The Hungarian-born director David Marton focuses on the blurring boundaries between the inner and outer worlds and uses film to illuminate them as barriers between the individual and the collective.


A co-production with Teatro Real Madrid


In German with surtitles


musical direction
Patrick Lange

staging and stage
David Marton

cooperation stage
Charlotte Spichalsky

costume
Pola Kardum

light
Henning Streck

Video
Chris Kondek

dramaturgy
Kai Weßler

Fürst Ottokar
Dean Murphy

Agathe
Jacquelyn Wagner

Ännchen
Sofia Fomina

Kaspar
Alex Esposito

Max
Tuomas Katajala

Kuno
Guido Jentjens

Eremit
Levente Páll

Kilian
Viktor Rud



Subject to change.