FREIKUGELN - DER FREISCHÜTZ IN FÜNF DIMENSIONEN

In the organizer's words:

On some full moon nights, an ominous storm rages through the Wolf Gorge. Because here, in the middle of the forest, free bullets are cast. With the help of these special rifle pellets, every hit is accurate, even if you can't actually shoot. And Max urgently needs these free bullets so that he can pass the trial shooting and finally be recognized as a member of the community. Otherwise, he will forever be branded a failure and won't be able to marry his girlfriend Agathe. In order to get the free bullets, however, you have to make a pact with evil. Carl Maria von Weber's romantic opera DER FREISCHÜTZ is transformed into music theater for people with and without hearing impairments. In this co-production by the Cologne Opera and COMEDIA Theater, deaf actors and singers take to the stage for the first time to explore the question of how musical theater can be made (more) accessible for people with hearing impairments. The means of accessibility become an aesthetic component of the overall work of art: German sign language is used on an equal footing with singing, spoken language and orchestral music. Music and sounds are visualized and the sense of smell is also addressed. In this way, the story of Der Freischütz is staged in such a way that opera can be experienced with all the senses, thus creating comprehensive accessibility for this art form.