Chor Und Extrachor Des Aalto-Theaters Essen Philharmonic Orchestra Netopil - Der Freischutz (CD) - CD

Details: The Freischütz counts as a milestone in the history of German opera. Created in 1821 under the impression of the liberation wars against Napoleons, the so-called National Opera expresses the Germans' desire for cultural identity. The librettist Johann Friedrich Kind temporally places the plot in the vicinity of the Thirty Years' War. Here people in a society are shaped by religious power...