Der Freischütz WEBER

Max a young hunter must win a shooting competition to claim the hand of his beloved Agathe But on the eve of the competition seemingly having lost all shooting prowess Max allows himself to be convinced by his rival Kaspar to make a pact with the devil to use seven magic bullets which never miss their target Wagner said that Carl Maria von Webers earlyRomantic gem was the most German of German operas With touches of the eerie supernatural Der Freischütz is an irresistible mix of colourful folklore tender romance and a passionate struggle between good and evil all captured in Webers tuneful and dramatic score Successful Russian theatre opera and film director Kirill Serebrennikov makes his debut in Amsterdam In his approach to the opera the struggle for success is transposed from the world of hunters and that of artists