Organization

Admin

Bregenzer Festspiele

Seebühne

Direttore d'orchestra

Patrik Ringborg

Direttore d'orchestra (+2)

Christoph Altstaedt

Regia

Regia (+2)

Philipp Stölzl

Scenografia

Luci

Florian Schmitt

Coreografia

Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie

Assistente scenografo

Franziska Harm

Sound Designer

Alwin Bösch

Clemens Wannemacher

Jan Petzold

Drammaturgo

Drammaturgo (+1)

Olaf A. Schmitt

Baritono (+5)

Johannes Kammler

Ottokar

Basso (+3)

Franz Hawlata

Kuno

Basso-baritono (+4)

Raimund Nolte

Soprano (+1)

Mandy Fredrich

Agathe

Hanna Herfurtner

Ännchen

Katharina Ruckgaber

David Steffens

Kaspar

Basso-baritono (+6)

Oliver Zwarg

Tenore (+5)

Thomas Blondelle

Tenore

Attilio Glaser

Tenore (+2)

Mauro Peter

Attore (+1)

Moritz von Treuenfels

Samiel

Niklas Wetzel

Basso (+4)

Frederic Jost

Un eremita

Basso-baritono (+7)

Andreas Wolf

Baritono (+3)

Maximilian Krummen

Kilian

Chorus

Bregenzer Festspielchor

Coro di Praga

Orchestra

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Direzione del coro

Benjamin Lack

Irina Simmes

Liviu Holender

Christof Fischesser

Direzione del coro (+1)

Lukáš Kozubík

Anne-Fleur Werner

Soprano (+2)

Mirella Hagen

Baritono (+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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