Opera up close, eye to eye with the main characters: Max must prove himself with a masterly shot to gain the hand of Agathe, the head forester’s daughter, and so become his successor. Doubting his skills as a marksman, Max accepts the help of Kaspar, who sold his soul to the devil, to cast seven magic bullets: six of them hit anything the shooter wants, the last one will be directed by the devil…
Fragments |a digital Freischütz, CyberRäuber (DE), Credit: CyberRäuber
Fragments |a digital Freischütz, CyberRäuber (DE), Credit: CyberRäuber
Fragments |a digital Freischütz, CyberRäuber (DE), Credit: CyberRäuber
Fragments |a digital Freischütz, CyberRäuber (DE), Credit: CyberRäuber
Fragments |a digital Freischütz, CyberRäuber (DE), Credit: CyberRäuber
In the VR installation, the audience encounters the protagonists closer than has ever been possible in a real theatre – and in surreal spaces: Max in a mountain where the rocks look like him, his beloved Agathe in a two-tiered forest, her best friend Ännchen in a maze, and evil counterpart Kaspar in a tunnel of thorns in outer space. The four distinct episodes show fragments of a classical masterpiece, following no linearity or chronology, inviting us explore, to stroll, observe and even influence the experience.
Fragments |a digital Freischütz, CyberRäuber (DE), Credit: CyberRäuber
Fragments |a digital Freischütz, CyberRäuber (DE), Credit: CyberRäuber
Fragments |a digital Freischütz, CyberRäuber (DE), Credit: CyberRäuber
Project Credits:
- Fragments is a co-production with Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and Landestheater Linz, funded by Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German federal cultural foundation). Composer Micha Kaplan provided additional scores influenced by the original material.
- Concept, direction, realization: CyberRäuber (Marcel Karnapke, Björn Lengers)
- Composition, sound design: Micha Kaplan
- Dramaturgy: Deborah Maier
- Production: Eva-Karen Tittmann
- Max: Matthias Wohlbrecht
- Kaspar: Ks. Konstantin Gorny
- Ännchen: Agnieszka Tomaszewska
- Brautjungfer: Camelia Tarlea
- Musical direction (recordings): Johannes Willig
- Chorus direction (recordings): Ulrich Wagner
- Badischer Staatsopernchor
