Yoel Gamzou conducts the new production of “Der Freischütz” at the Hamburg State Opera

"The success was tremendous and unprecedented! Critics, artists, amateurs and music lovers were intoxicated ... The auditorium roared apart, loudly proclaiming the new miracle." Thus a report on the premiere in 1821 at the Berlin Schauspielhaus. Der Freischütz struck a chord with the times, every barrel organ played the "Jungfernkranz", every street singer performed it, as Heine reports. Weber had discovered the material in an old ghost book. The story of the hunter Max, who devotes himself to the devil in order to win his bride, touches on people's primal fears. The forest, the epitome of the "German soul", becomes a battleground between good and evil. Weber's music depicts the plight and despair of the people with gripping emotionality; the hope of a happy ending is evoked with fervor. Romantic drama and folk play in one, Der Freischütz is set somewhere between dream and nightmare, fascinating to this day.

PREMIERE November 17, 2024

further performances on 20/23/27/29 November and 3/5 December 2024

Musikalische Leitung: Yoel Gamzou
Inszenierung: Andreas Kriegenburg
Bühne: Harald B. Thor
Kostüme: Andrea Schraad
Licht: Andreas Grüter
Dramaturgie: Angela Beuerle
Choreografie: Volker Michl

Quelle Staatsoper Hamburg