Organization

Admin

Bregenz Festival

Seebühne

Conductor

Patrik Ringborg

Conductor (+2)

Christoph Altstaedt

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Philipp Stölzl

Set designer

Lighting designer

Florian Schmitt

Choreographer

Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie

Assistant Set Designer

Franziska Harm

Sound designer

Alwin Bösch

Clemens Wannemacher

Jan Petzold

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+1)

Olaf A. Schmitt

Baritone (+5)

Johannes Kammler

Ottokar

Bass (+3)

Franz Hawlata

Kuno

Bass-baritone (+4)

Raimund Nolte

Soprano (+1)

Mandy Fredrich

Agathe

Hanna Herfurtner

Ännchen

Katharina Ruckgaber

David Steffens

Caspar

Bass-baritone (+6)

Oliver Zwarg

Tenor (+5)

Thomas Blondelle

Tenor

Attilio Glaser

Tenor (+2)

Mauro Peter

Actor (+1)

Moritz von Treuenfels

Samiel

Niklas Wetzel

Bass (+4)

Frederic Jost

A Hermit

Bass-baritone (+7)

Andreas Wolf

Baritone (+3)

Maximilian Krummen

Kilian

Chorus

Choir of the Bregenz Festival

Prague Philharmonic Choir

Orchestra

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Chorusmaster

Benjamin Lack

Irina Simmes

Liviu Holender

Christof Fischesser

Chorusmaster (+1)

Lukáš Kozubík

Anne-Fleur Werner

Soprano (+2)

Mirella Hagen

Baritone (+4)

Michael Borth

A godforsaken village in Germany shortly after the Thirty Years’ War: The young scrivener Max loves Agathe, daughter of the head forester Kuno. But to marry her, the inexperienced marksman Max must participate in an archaic tradition and score in a shooting trial – an unfulfillable challenge for him. The dubious war veteran Kaspar knows about this. He convinces the scrivener to meet him at Wolf’s Glen at midnight to forge “free bullets” that never miss their target. Max, who does not see any other way out of his unfortunate situation, sells his soul to the devil. Not knowing about the catch behind this deal: while six of the cursed bullets will hit the desired target, the seventh lies in the devil’s hands. 

In the meantime, his fiancé Agathe tries to find sleep in the stormy night. On the morning of their wedding day, she is overtaken by a deep sense of foreboding. Even her best friend Ännchen cannot cheer her up. When the shooting trial finally begins, Max is on his seventh bullet. He brings the gun to his shoulder, aims and pulls the trigger …

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