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A [[Rock Opera]] adaptation of this work, entitled ''The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets'', was created through the collaboration of theatre director Robert Wilson, musician Tom Waits, and writer William S. Burroughs. A number of younger fans have learned of the original opera through the use of its music in the [[Anime]] ''[[Hellsing]]'', or possibly through the use of its translated Japanese title for the character Xigbar in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''.▼
▲'''''Der Freischütz''''' — literally, "The Free-shooter," ''i.e.,'' a marksman who uses magic bullets — is an 1821 ''Singspiel'' (an opera with spoken sections rather than recitative) by German composer Carl Maria von Weber, to a libretto by Friedrich Kind, based on a tale from August Apel and Friedrich Laun's ''Gespensterbuch'' (''The Book of Specters''). The opera is one of the most important works of the German Early Romantic movement (it is often considered the musical equivalent of the paintings of German master [[wikipedia:Caspar David Friedrich|Caspar David Friedrich]]), and soon gained widespread popularity throughout the Germanys, as well as abroad, with productions in England and America within five years of its premiere. The score is notable for its early use of [[Leitmotif]], including the famous "Samiel diminished seventh" and of Agathe's aria, „''Leise, leise, fromme Weise''" to characterize the forces of Evil and Good, respectively. It was almost certainly a source of inspiration to the young [[Richard Wagner]], who adored Weber <ref>and who, as ''Kapellmeister'' of Dresden, presided over the ceremony welcoming the return of Weber's body from London, where he died, to Germany</ref>.
▲A [[Rock Opera]] adaptation of this work, entitled ''The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets'', was created through the collaboration of theatre director Robert Wilson, musician Tom Waits, and writer William S. Burroughs. A number of younger fans have learned of the original opera through the use of its music in the [[Anime]] ''[[Hellsing]]'', or possibly through the use of its translated Japanese title for the character Xigbar in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''.
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* [[The Cavalier Years]]: The setting of the action, specifically at the time of the [[Thirty Years' War]].▼
▲* [[The Cavalier Years]]: The setting of the action, specifically at the time of the [[Thirty Years War]].
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Made by Caspar; his attempt to wriggle out is the catalyst for the action of the work.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Played straight with Caspar, but averted in that Cuno and the Hermit are both basses. The devil Samiel is a speaking rôle, but his voice is usually rather high-pitched as well.
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* [[Summoning Ritual]]: Caspar casts a spell to summon up the devil Samiel.
* [[Tenor Boy]]: Max
* [[Thirty Years' War]]: Caspar has fought in this, and claims to have learned some of his knaveries from his fellow soldiers.
* [[Throw It In]]: Weber picked up the flattened notes given to the laughing in the "mocking chorus" from hearing some women choristers in a village church hitting the wrong notes in the service.
* [[Untranslated Title]]:
** Because "The Freeshot" just sounds lame.
** It has often been given a subtitle instead, such as "The Marksman".
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