[Met Performance] CID:92080



Der Freischütz
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, January 22, 1926

Debut : Elizabeth Kandt




Der Freischütz (16)
Carl Maria von Weber | Friedrich Kind
Max
Rudolf Laubenthal

Agathe
Maria Müller

Caspar
Michael Bohnen

Ännchen
Elizabeth Kandt [Debut]

Ottokar
Gustav Schützendorf

Hermit
Léon Rothier

Kilian
Arnold Gabor

Cuno
Carl Schlegel

Samiel
James Wolfe

Bridesmaid
Louise Hunter

Bridesmaid
Charlotte Ryan

Bridesmaid
Nannette Guilford


Conductor
Artur Bodanzky


Director
Samuel Thewman

Set Designer
Joseph Urban

Choreographer
August Berger





The recitatives were composed by Bodanzky.
Der Freischütz received three performances this season.

Review 1:

Review in the Musical Courier of January 28, 1926

"Der Freischutz," elaborately revived last season, came back for its first performance this year at the Metropolitan on January 22. The occasion marked the debut of Elizabeth Kandt, who sang the impossibly good young person, Annchen, and almost succeeded in making her human. Miss Kandt has a voice of much beauty and decided warmth, sings well and acts with charm. She made a distinctly good impression and was heartily applauded. The rest of the cast is familiar. Max is one of Laubenthal's best roles; he was in good voice, sang with vigor and life, and acted well. Michael Bohnen, singing for the first time this season, revealed his familiar excellencies of song and action - and also his familiar habit of overdoing things all-around. Maria Mueller is a personable appearing Agathe; vocally she was not at her best. The smaller roles were distributed as last year - Schuetzendorf as the prince, Carl Sohlege as Cuno, James Wolfe impressively sinister as Samiel, Rothier as the Hermit, Gabor as Killian, and Louise Hunter, Charlotte Ryan and Nannette Guilford as three bridesmaids good both to look upon and to hear. Bodanzky conducted. The chorus was excellent, though seldom understandable



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