Camilla Nylund - Der Freischutz - BLU-RAY

Christian Räth's inspired staging of Der Freischütz, Weber's seminal Romantic opera, at the Haus am Ring stands out due to the bold set and costume design by Gary McCann. It was Incha festival of singers, that the young conductor Tomas Netopil underscored with the State Opera Orchestra with warmth. Andreas Schager, the immense Heldentenor, as Max, Camilla Nylund as the touching Agathe - a magnificent pair. The other roles were also well cast... Inch (Salzburger Nachrichten) The production was recorded live at the Wiener Staatsoper in June 2018.

Weber was at the forefront of the rise of German Romantic opera and sought to dethrone Rossini from his position as the leading operatic composer in Europe. In his breakthrough and most popular opera Der Freischütz ('The Marksman') composed in 1821, he succeeded in his aim of establishing a truly German form. Turning to the folklore and folk songs of his native land he took a story of a marksman who makes a pact with the Devil, vesting it with powerful intensity - not least in the famous Wolf's Glen scene - and an astonishing control of orchestral color and atmosphere.

Axel Köhler's production of Der Freischütz at the Dresden State Opera was described by Die Presse as Incha minor miracle in DresdenInch. In the words of the Salzburger Nachrichten, Köhler Inchscored a bulleyeInch with his sombre and satanic interpretation of Weber's Romantic opera about love, temptation, souls sold to the Devil, obsession and faith. According to the Financial Times, Christian Thielemann and the Dresden Staatskapelle conjured up a sense of Inchmortal terror from the orchestra pit. [...] Thielemann is in command of every detail. That makes for utterly gripping listening.Inch