Der Freischütz – review

Barbican, LondonPerformances of Weber's Gothic tale of demonic pacts and shooting trials have become few and far between, so we should be grateful to Colin Davis for presenting it in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra. He feels great fondness for the work. Some would be surprised that it works away from the stage, owing to its mixture of speech and song, and its complex portrayal of the supernatural. But it works uncommonly well in concert, with dialogue replaced by narration: Weber'...

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