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Based on a story in the ''Gespensterbuch'' [Book of Ghosts] by August Apel and Friedrich Laun (Berlin, 1810) | Based on a story in the ''Gespensterbuch'' [Book of Ghosts] by August Apel and Friedrich Laun (Berlin, 1810) | ||
First performed on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin. | First performed on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin. | ||
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An English translation by "Livius" (possibly W. McGregor Logan), entitled ''[[Der Freischütz, or The Seventh Bullet]]'', was first performed at the English Opera House (Lyceum), under the direction of William Hawes on 22 July 1824. Published by Thomas Dolby in 1825 and John Cumberland in 1826. | An English translation by "Livius" (possibly W. McGregor Logan), entitled ''[[Der Freischütz, or The Seventh Bullet]]'', was first performed at the English Opera House (Lyceum), under the direction of William Hawes on 22 July 1824. Published by Thomas Dolby in 1825 and John Cumberland in 1826. | ||
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The main title is often translated as ''[[The Marksman]]'' or ''[[The Freeshooter]]''. | The main title is often translated as ''[[The Marksman]]'' or ''[[The Freeshooter]]''. | ||
Revision as of 05:38, 20 February 2017
Der Freischütz is a German opera, with spoken dialogue, in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), with a libretto by Friedrich Kind (1768-1843). (Op. 77, J. 277).
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The original text
Based on a story in the Gespensterbuch [Book of Ghosts] by August Apel and Friedrich Laun (Berlin, 1810) First performed on 18 June 1821 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin.
Translations and adaptations
Der Freischütz, or The Seventh Bullet
An English translation by "Livius" (possibly W. McGregor Logan), entitled Der Freischütz, or The Seventh Bullet, was first performed at the English Opera House (Lyceum), under the direction of William Hawes on 22 July 1824. Published by Thomas Dolby in 1825 and John Cumberland in 1826.
The main title is often translated as The Marksman or The Freeshooter.
Performance history in South Africa
1831: Performed in English under the title Der Freischütz, or The Seventh Bullet by All the World's a Stage under the management of Mr Booth in the African Theatre 29 October, 1831. As afterpiece they had Animal Magnetism, or A Cure for the Hydrophobia (Inchbald). According to Jill Fletcher (1994), this production of Weber's work marked the first indigenous production of an opera in the true sense.
1831: Repeated on 17 December, 1831 with as afterpieces the "ballet- dance" of The Lawyer in the Sack (Anon.) and The Spectre Bridegroom (Moncrieff).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Freisch%C3%BCtz
https://archive.org/details/derfreischtzorse00webe
http://65.96.164.35/diss/by_comp-b.php?piece_id=156
Opera in London: Views of the Press, 1785-1830 by Theodore Fenner[1]
Bosman, 1928: pp 218,
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