Name: The Freeshooter
Start: 2026-06-06T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-06T22:30:00+02:00
Location: Bamberger Marionettentheater

Romantic opera as a floating stage experience at the Bamberg Puppet Theatre

With Carl Maria von Weber's The Freeshooter, an evening opens in Bamberg between folk song tones, fear of demons, and poetic intensification. The Bamberg Puppet Theatre presents the opera from 1821 in a production that colors the material with props from the 19th century and simultaneously reveals the full tension of romantic musical theater.

When trial shot, love, and devil's pact meet

The story of Max, Agathe, Kaspar, and Samiel possesses to this day that eerie attraction that has made Weber's work a classic. The huntsman Max is under pressure: Only the certain trial shot opens his way to his beloved. However, the seductive escape via the magical bullets leads directly into the Wolf's Glen, where superstition, fear, and seduction intensify the drama. It is precisely this mixture of eerie fairy tale, love story, and moral trial that makes the Freeshooter a centerpiece of the German-language opera repertoire.

Historic stage, precise dramaturgy, great impact

At the Bamberg Puppet Theatre, the evening unfolds a special theatrical atmosphere. The historic stage, the precisely directed puppetry, and the artistic lighting create an immediate experience of the romantic opera, rather than a museum-like one. Those who watch here experience not just a mere retelling, but a concentrated form of stage art, where every detail of movement, every shadow, and every musical twist gains dramaturgical significance. The puppets lend the characters a peculiar fragility, which adds additional depth to the conflict between happiness, guilt, and redemption.

A classic of opera history with unbroken tension

The reception of the work shows why The Freeshooter is often reinterpreted: As a romantic opera, the piece stands between natural imagery, folk tune, and nocturnal piece, between inner temptation and societal ritual. It is exactly this tension that carries the evening in Bamberg. The audience can look forward to a stage experience that combines historical authenticity with emotional depth and makes the magic of opera tangible as a living presence.

Travel, location, and practical information

The performance takes place at the Bamberg Puppet Theatre, Untere Sandstraße 30 in 96049 Bamberg. The house is located in a historic, listed building and is accessible only via 25 steps. For transport, bus 916 and the paid underground garages at the Welcome Hotel Residenzschloss and the Bamberg Concert Hall are recommended. The box office opens 30 minutes before the performance begins. The regular opera price is 30 euros, reduced price is 26 euros.

Conclusion: An evening for opera lovers and theater explorers

The Freeshooter promises an evening of rare intensity in Bamberg: romantic music, precise puppeteering, and a material that still moves to the core. Those who love opera as an art of transformation should experience this performance live.