Organization

Conductor

Hermann Bäumer

Samuel Hogarth

Stage director

Alexander Nerlich

Set designer

Wolfgang Menardi

Costume designer

Zana Bosjnak

Choreographer

Jasmin Hauck

Lighting designer

Frederik Wollek

Dramaturge

Elena Garcia Fernandez

Chorus master

Sebastian Hernandez-Laverny

Singer

Baritone

Brett Carter

Ottokar

Bass

Stefan Stoll

Kuno

Soprano

Nadja Stefanoff

Agathe

Dorothea Herbert

Julietta Aleksanyan

Ännchen

Derrick Ballard

Caspar

Stephan Bootz

Tenor

Alexander Spemann

A Hermit

Dennis Sörös

Kilian

Spoken

Alessia Ruffolo

Samiel

Nerea Elizaga Gómez

Four bridesmaids

Yuuki Tamai

Karolina Liçi

Nayun Lea Kim

Staatstheater Mainz

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Chor des Staatstheater Mainz

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Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz

Der Freischütz, op. 77 -  (The Marksman)

Mainz

Germany

Großes Haus

Public

The Marksman

Approved

Ottokar (Der Freischütz)

von Carl Maria von WeberBESETZUNG:Musikalische Leitung: Hermann BäumerInszenierung: Alexander NerlichBühne: Wolfgang MenardiKostüme: Zana BosnjakChoreografie...

Der Freischütz

"Because now director Alexander Nerlich and conductor Hermann Bäumer are coming with a reading that stands out far from the […] field of Freischütz interpretations. It stands out far through a deliberation that doesn't get stuck in the head, but is reflected on the stage can be seen and heard." (Frankfurter Rundschau)

"The dancer and performer Alessia Ruffolo clarifies [...] all the inner, often dark desires, longings and motives of each individual main character. As an androgynous, Mephistophelic appearance, Ruffolo seduces with cat-like suppleness, reveals the subtext of the libretto that seems so naive or winds with artistic Dexterity through the [...] unified set design by Wolfgang Menardi." (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

Only a single hit separates Max from his happiness. If he succeeds in making a successful test shot in front of the prince, forester Kuno grants him the hand of his daughter Agathe and the forester's office. But the fear of failure paralyzes Max and makes him resort to forbidden means. In the dark Wolfsschlucht, Kaspar seduces him to cast free bullets. Six of these magic bullets hit every imaginable target unfailingly. With the seventh bullet, however, the devil takes a human victim. The next day, when the seventh bullet was in Max's gun during the all-important test shot, all the bleak omens seemed to come true.

Carl Maria von Weber's Freischütz is considered the epitome of German romantic opera. With exuberant folksyness and gloomy horror scenarios, she tells of the intrusion of the irrational and repressed events into an apparently orderly world. After several productions in the play, resident director Alexander Nerlich is now dedicating himself to a classic of the opera repertoire for the first time in Mainz.

English

The Marksman by Von Weber, From (2022/2023), Directed by Alexander Nerlich,, Conductor Hermann Bäumer, Samuel Hogarth, Großes Haus, Mainz, Germany

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