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Der Freischütz (J. 277, Op. 77 The Marksman [1] or The Freeshooter [2]) is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind, based on a story by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun [3] from their 1810 collection Gespensterbuch.
Friedrich Laun, co-author of the Gespensterbuch, owned a copy of Unterredung Von dem Reiche der Geister (1731), and Johann Georg Theodor Grässe theorised that he brought the story of Georg Schmid to the attention of Apel. [9] [10] In Apel's version of the story, a forester, Bertram, is the last male descendant of the hunter Kuno.
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was born around 18 November 1786 in Eutin, Bishopric of Lübeck. [1] [3] He was the eldest of the three children of Franz Anton von Weber and his second wife, Genovefa Weber, a Viennese singer.
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On the morning of the Der Freischütz premiere, Weber played the Konzertstück through to his wife Caroline and his pupil Julius Benedict, and told them the program: [1] (F minor; Larghetto affetuoso): "A châtelaine sits alone on her balcony, gazing off in the distance. Her knight has gone on a Crusade to the Holy Land.
The project began in about 1988 when Wilson approached Waits. The story is based on the German folktale "Der Freischütz", which had previously adapted as an opera by Carl Maria von Weber. It premiered at Hamburg's Thalia Theatre on 31 March 1990, and was performed at Paris's Théâtre du Châtelet on 9 October 1990.
Title page illustration from volume one, depicting "Der Freischütz "The Gespensterbuch (literally 'Ghost Book' or 'Book of Spectres' [1]) is a collection of German ghost stories written by August Apel and Friedrich Laun and published in seven volumes between 1810 and 1817.
Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - 2. act [7] Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - 3. act Daland: Kurt Böhme , Senta: Helene Werth, Erik: Bernd Aldenhoff, Mary: Res Fischer , Steuermann: Helmut Krebs , Holländer: Hans Hotter - Chor und Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks - Wilhelm Schüchter - Hamburg 1951