Der Freischütz (Recorded at the Semper Oper Dresden, 2015)
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Der Freischütz (Recorded at the Semper Oper Dresden, 2015)
Dresden Opera / Sara Jakubiak, Christina Landshamer, Georg Zeppenfeld, Michael König / Christian Thielemann (cond)
[ C Major DVD / 2 DVD ]
Release Date: Monday 1 February 2016
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Staged by Axel Köhler
Axel Köhler's production of Der Freischütz at the Dresden State Opera was described by Die Presse as "a minor miracle in Dresden". In the words of the Salzburger Nachrichten, Köhler "scored a bulleye" with his sombre and satanic interpretation of Weber's Romantic opera about love, temptation, souls sold to the Devil, obsession and faith. According to the Financial Times, Christian Thielemann and the Dresden Staatskapelle conjured up a sense of "mortal terror from the orchestra pit. […] Thielemann is in command of every detail. That makes for utterly gripping listening."
Booklet - English, German, French
Running Time Total: 149 mins
Picture 16:9, HD
Sound DVD: DTS 5.0, PCM Stereo
Subtitles German (original language), English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
"This is supple, carefully sifted music-making, beautifully paced...The vocal casting is as precise and well calculated as the overall approach but the production seems to nervous of the work itself to give the singers anything dynamic to do. Michael König...and the American soprano Sara Jakubiak are convincing presences and have voices ideally placed between the lyrical and the more heroic." (Gramophone)
