The overture to Carl Maria von Weber’s opera “Der Freischütz” (“The Marksman”) calls up the dusky shadows and sylvan aromas of the German hinterland. It trumpets the glory of an autumn day spent ...

Virginia Opera, staging a German opera hardly ever performed in the United States, boldly makes it its own, setting this tale of the supernatural in the first half of the 19th century in America.

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With brooding landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich and hellish paintings of Hieronymus Bosch as backdrops, the University of Houston's Moores Opera Center dived into the fantasy world of 19th-century ...

Come early for Opera UpClose! Held 45 minutes before every performance, this entertaining look “behind the scenes” will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the opera.

There’s something about Weber’s clash of earthy, beer-swilling, foot-stamping, deer-hunting peasants and gothic fantasy that seems to bring contemporary directors out in a conceptual rash. Better by ...

What makes the Freischütz, or marksman, into a magical sharpshooter? The fact that he shoots magic bullets. Six out of seven hit their mark, but the seventh belongs to the devil, who guides it ...

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 ...

The production is directed and designed by Dmitri Tcherniakov. He has spent the last 20 years cultivating a reputation as an enfant terrible. The result, ironically, is that he has developed a clearly ...