Weber - Der Freischutz / Ligendza, Kramer, Schone, Probst, Davies, Stuttgart Opera
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Weber - Der Freischutz / Ligendza, Kramer, Schone, Probst, Davies, Stuttgart Opera description
Carl Maria von Weber's masterpiece Der Freischutz remains the quintessential German opera before the rise of Wagner, and this engaging 1983 production by the Wurttemberg State Opera shows that, warts and all, Weber's supernatural story is still eminently entertaining. Director-designer Achim Freyer has placed this work in a beautifully detailed forest setting that has the folkloric quality of classic fairy tales, grounding Weber's fantastic plot in a specific world of wonderment. Conductor Dennis Russell Davies himself does wonders with the Wurttemberg State Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Right from the overture--so popular it is often played by itself in concert--Davies has a handle on Weber's endlessly hummable, instantly memorable music. Although the choral singers are an outstanding ensemble of both actors and singers, the two principals, Catarina Ligendza (Agathe) and Toni Kramer (Max), bring freshness and charm to their characterizations of Weber's romantic couple who may or may not marry at story's end. --Kevin Filipski |
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Is This Romantic Opera?
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| Honestly, were are the Romantic stagings that the music evokes? I was hoping to see a realistic backdrop showing a lush Black Forest, not a silly array of Freudian symbols. I burst out laughing at the big masturbating bunny, which is a reaction that I don't think Weber intended for the mysterious "wolf-glen" scene. With all the attention on period performances you'd think that the people who put this crap on stage would try and follow suite. If the directors have to use a zeitgeist model, why not Goethe? Freud lived almost a century after Weber. |
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