7 Great Performances of Weber Der Freischütz

7 Great Performances of Weber Der Freischütz (playlist)

Costume designs by Stürmer for the roles of Samiel and Caspar in the opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber, as presented in the original 1821 production at the Schauspielhaus, Berlin, (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Track Listing:

1. Der Freischütz Оp.77, Otmar Suitner
conducts NHK Symphony Orchestra

2.Der Freischütz Оp.77
Kozub Saunders Mathis Sotin Frick Hamburg
Leopold Ludwig, conductor

3. Der Freichütz - New York, 1972
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
Conductor: Leopold Ludwig
rec. April 15th 1972

Max: Sándor Kónya
Agathe: Pilar Lorengar
Caspar: Gerd Feldhoff
Ännchen: Edith Mathis
Ottokar: Rod MacWherter
Hermit: John Macurdy
Kilian: Andrij Dobriansky
Cuno: Edmond Karlsrud
Samiel: Michael Ebert
Bridesmaid: Elizabeth Anguish
Bridesmaid: Elyssa Lindner
Bridesmaid: Cecelia Entner

4. Carlos Kleiber rehearses and conducts

Set design for Act 2 (Wolf's Glen) of the original 1821 production at the Schauspielhaus, Berlin, of the opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Der Freischütz and Die Fledermaus Op. 77

5. Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts the Ouverture
from Der Freischütz Op. 77
Wiener Philharmoniker
Salzburg Festival 26.VII.1954

6. Der Freischütz Op. 77
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Wilhelm Furtwängler;
Recorded at the Salzburg Festival on 26 July 1954.

Elisabeth Grümmer..Agathe
Rita Streich.......Aennchen
Hans Hopf..........Max
Alfred Poell.......Ottokar
Oscar Czerwenka....Kuno
Kurt Böhme.........Caspar
Karl Dönch.........Kilian