Organization

Admin

Bregenzer Festspiele

Seebühne

Dirigent

Patrik Ringborg

Dirigent (+2)

Christoph Altstaedt

Regisseur

Regisseur (+2)

Philipp Stölzl

Set designer

Licht ontwerper

Florian Schmitt

Choreograaf

Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie

Assistent decorontwerper

Franziska Harm

Geluidsontwerper

Alwin Bösch

Clemens Wannemacher

Jan Petzold

Dramaturg

Dramaturg (+1)

Olaf A. Schmitt

Bariton (+5)

Johannes Kammler

Ottokar

Bas (+3)

Franz Hawlata

Kuno

Bas-bariton (+4)

Raimund Nolte

Sopraan (+1)

Mandy Fredrich

Agathe

Hanna Herfurtner

Ännchen

Katharina Ruckgaber

David Steffens

Kaspar

Bas-bariton (+6)

Oliver Zwarg

Tenor (+5)

Thomas Blondelle

Tenor

Attilio Glaser

Tenor (+2)

Mauro Peter

Acteur (+1)

Moritz von Treuenfels

Samiel

Niklas Wetzel

Bas (+4)

Frederic Jost

Ein Eremit

Bas-bariton (+7)

Andreas Wolf

Bariton (+3)

Maximilian Krummen

Kilian

Chorus

Bregenzer Festspielchor

Philharmonischer Chor Prag

Orchestra

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Koor meester

Benjamin Lack

Irina Simmes

Liviu Holender

Christof Fischesser

Koor meester (+1)

Lukáš Kozubík

Anne-Fleur Werner

Sopraan (+2)

Mirella Hagen

Bariton (+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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