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Christoph Marthaler directs Der Freischütz in Basel (****)

Andrew Murphy (Kuno), Rosemary Hardy (Ännchen), Rolf Romei (Max), Ueli Jäggi (Grosse Jäger vom Schwarzwald © Ingo Höhn

Author : Jos Hermans

Anyone who has followed Christoph Marthaler as a theater maker cannot have failed to notice that the headstrong Swiss director performs remarkably better when, freed from the straitjacket of a written score, he can go…