When was der freischütz written

Hoffmann, also a critic, was less than impressed with the libretto, likening it to the cheap, supernatural novels of the day. Theodor Adorno praised the orchestration of the overture. It defines the genre. German opera would never be the same.

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Caspar is looking to get three more years of grace by having Max shoot in his place. Caspar has already sold his soul to the devil.

Agathe, who loves Max, awaits him with terrible foreboding. Once he arrives there, he sees a spirit of his mother urging him to give up the project. Live Concerts Donate Call Symphony Tickets Enjoy world-class music right here in Redlands. Learn about single tickets and season packages. Reviews Most Recent All Reviews.

Our Musicians All Musicians. Composed by Carl Maria von Weber Synopsis: When it almost comes to a dispute, the heir forester comes to arbitrate. He is the father of Agathe, who ist the one Max wants to marry. But Kuno has one condition: Max has to pass the trial shot. It is a tradition commanded by the prince that candidates for the hereditary forestry must pass this test. Max is desperate, because for a few weeks now he has been out of luck shooting.

He is afraid that a foreign force has power over him. Synopsis: The festival begins with the villagers dancing an exuberant waltz. But Max is desperate, the fear of failing in the trial shot and the fear that foreign powers have taken the upper hand seizes him.

The Singspiel was the genre of the people. The aria is very diverse and consists of various passages: love, sadness and bitterness must be expressed credibly.

It begins dramatically and after a short but beautiful transition by the clarinet the beautiful melody begins. A dark tremolo leads into the third dark and slow part, which again demands the dramatic qualities of the tenor. First listen to Jonas Kaufmann in a beautifully arranged interpretation.

Kaufmann is not only a master of the Puccini aria, but also a gifted song singer. Also in the dramatic parts he shines with his dark voice. Richard Tauber masters both the high and low registers of this aria with a great richness of voice. Synopsis : Max wants to leave, but remains when Kaspar tells him that Kaspar can help him. He gives Max a rifle and lets him shoot a distant eagle.

Max knows that you sell your soul to the devil in exchange for the bullets. Max wants the bullets and Kaspar tells him that this night the bullets are available in the Wolfsschlucht. Kaspar triumphs, he has found a victim. This aria by Kaspar is not a traditional masterpiece, but it needs a lot of vocal power, because large parts of the piece are written in fortissimo, the more the piece has to be made interesting in order not to sink into coarseness.

Agathe is waiting for Max. She is worried. When the picture of the ancestor Kuno falls down, she has a dark hunch. She prays in the moonlit night that Max may return soon. Agathe begins a song that belongs to the greatest treasures that German Romanticism has produced. It is an intimate prayer in a moonlit night. It ends in the ecstatic music of the overture when Max finally comes home.

The aria demands the soprano: crystal clear tones in the first part and lyrical but powerful lines in the second part. A slow introduction tunes us in to the mood of the full moon night.