Cosmic powers at work
Achim Freyer directs Der Freischütz in Stuttgart (****½) [live]
Wagner is nine when he first meets Carl Maria von Weber. “He loves Der Freischütz,” his mother tells him, regretting that she finds no musical talent in her son. In 1843, it was Weber's widow who convinced Wagner to follow in her husband's footsteps as conductor of the Court Oper…
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