Bregenz Festival: Der Freischütz

Year: 2024
Country: Austria
Stage Director, Stage Designer: Philipp Stölzl
Conductor: Enrique Mazzola
Costume designer: Gesine Völlm
Lighting designers: Philipp Stölzl, Florian Schmitt
Cast: Nikola Hillebrand, Mauro Peter, Christof Fischesser, Franz Hawlata, Katharina Ruckgaber, Maximilian Krummen, Liviu Holender, Moritz von Treuenfels
Genre: opera
Runtime: 128 min.
Age: 12+
"Bull’s eye", Carl Maria von Weber triumphantly wrote to his librettist Friedrich Kind following the enthusiastically received world premiere of Der Freischütz in 1821 in Berlin. With its emotional and gripping music, it soon became the epitome of the German Romantic opera.

As one of the most popular operas in the German speaking world, Der Freischütz is now staged on the Seebühne for the first time with director and stage designer Philipp Stölzl and Conductor in Residence Enrique Mazzola. The two team up again in Bregenz following the phenomenal success of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto.