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The Freeshooter
Based On

a story by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun from their 1810 collection Gespensterbuch

Company
Spring Opera
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1964
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Designer
Choreographer
Chorus Director
Costumes

Cast

Kilian
Caspar
Zamiel
Aennchen
First hunter
Second hunter
Third hunter
Prince Ottokar
Hermit

Show Dates

Time and Place

Bohemia, middle of the seventeenth century

Scenes

Act I -- An inn in the forest
Act II, Scene 1 -- Cuno's house
Act II, Scene 2 -- The Wolf's Glen
Act III, Scene 1 -- The forest
Act III, Scene 2 -- Agathe's room
Act III, Scene 3 -- Ottokar's tent

Acknowledgements

New production, donated by the San Francisco Foundation

Notes

Spring Opera of San Francisco

English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin