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Carl Maria von Weber’s dark Romantic era tale of love, faith, and temptation is grippingly performed by the Dresden Staatskapelle led by conductor, Christian Thielemann in this live DVD performance from early 2015. With highly acclaimed staging by Axel Köhler, the singers in leading roles add to the luster of the production with the tenor Michael König’s performance of the anti-hero Max displaying a gloriously free upper register bringing heroic weight to his role and Sara Jakubiak sweet toned and melancholic Agathe.

Carl Maria von Weber
DER FREISCHÜTZ

Ottokar - Adrian Eröd
Kuno - Alberto Dohmen
Agathe - Sara Jakubiak
Ännchen - Christina Landshamer
Kaspar - Georg Zeppenfeld
Max - Michael König
Ein Eremit - Andreas Bauer
Kilian - Sebastian Wartig

Saxon State Opera Chorus
(chorus master: Jörn Hinnerk Andresen)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Christian Thielemann, conductor

Axel Köhler, stage director
Arne Walther, set designer
Katharina Weissenborn, costume designer
Fabio Antoci, lighting designer

Recorded at Semperoper Dresden, 2015

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS 5.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 149 mins
No. of DVDs: 2 (1x DVD 9 + 1x DVD 5)