Freischütz, Der
Freischütz, Der (The Freeshooter). 3-act opera by Weber to lib. by Friedrich Kind after a story by Apel and Laun in Gespensterbuch (1811). Comp. 1817–21. Prod. Berlin 1821, London 1824, NY 1825.
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