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Opera by Carl Maria von Weber
Music for spoken scenes: Oleg Gudachev (2025, commissioned by Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, world premiere)
Libretto by Johann Friedrich Kind, based on novella of the same name by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun
The opera was composed in 1821. This stage version will first performed in Perm in 2025
Performed in German and Russian with Russian surtitles
A manifesto of German Romanticism, Der Freischütz marks the beginning of a new era in the history of European opera. This score remained a source of inspiration for several generations of composers, anticipating the innovations of Wagner and Tchaikovsky—it is no coincidence that the author of Swan Lake and The Queen of Spades called Weber “a master, rivaled only by Mozart.” Interwoven and complementing each other, motifs from folk tales and the Gothic phantasms of early 19th‑century literature form an encyclopedia of the central themes and plots of Romanticism: the coexistence of two worlds, magical transformations affecting both the opera’s characters and their surroundings, the struggle between light and darkness unfolding within the divided soul of the protagonist, who has dared to strike a bargain with the devil. The everyday turns into the supernatural—this principle, essential to the dramaturgy of Der Freischütz, also becomes the key to the production created by director Anton Fyodorov and conductor Petr Beliakin.
Musical director and conductor
Anton Fyodorov
Stage director, set designer
Maria Doronina
Costume designer
Lighting designer
Alan Mandelshtam
Video artist
Mikhail Myasnikov
Video artist
Valeria Safonova
Production chorus master
Chorus master
Ivan Khudyakov-Vedenyapin
Assistant conductor
Daniil Zhurilov
Assistant conductor
Maria Rubina
Assistant director
Polina Averianova
Assistant set designer
Olga Fedyanina
Libretto translation
Ekaterina Protsenko
German language coach