Although his reputation rests principally on Der Freischütz, (Berlioz was a fan), Carl Maria von Weber was an outstanding ...

To mark 200 years since the death of Carl Maria von Weber, Flora Willson argues that he is undervalued and deserves to be ...

Der Freischütz or The Freeshooter is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. It premiered on June 18, 1821 at the Schauspielhaus ...

Antonello Manacorda conducts the RIAS Chamber Chorus, Berlin and the Potsdam Chamber Academy in tonight's production recorded ...

GENEVA (Reuters Life!) - Geneva's Grand Theater has kicked off an ambitious trilogy featuring diabolic themes in opera with a scary new production of Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischuetz. Over the ...

Since it's highly unlikely that the Met will take on Carl Maria von Weber's DIE FREISCHUTZ (frequently translated as THE MARKSMAN) anytime soon--or even in the lifetime of any baby born this year--we ...

I wasn’t planning to see “Der Freischütz” (The Marksman) on Saturday night. A seminal work of German Romanticism that was hugely influential on German opera, it is seldom staged in the United States, ...

When it comes to German romantic opera, it’s hard to overestimate the importance of Carl Maria von Weber. “It’s the start of everything,” says Stephen Lawless, director of the Virginia Opera’s version ...