Der Freischütz, Barbican review - Gothic chills rooted in flesh and earth
Two outstanding leads make for a memorable concert-staging
It’s hard to believe that in 1824 there were no fewer than six productions of Weber’s Der Freischütz in London alone. Since then this colourful piece of German Romanticism hasn’t fared nearly so well, disappearing from the UK’s opera houses not just for years but decades at a time.