Opera
Weber at 240: Highlights from Der Freischütz
About the performance
2026 is both the 240th anniversary of Weber's birth and the 200th of his death. Shanghai Opera House takes Der Freischütz apart for one evening: the overture, then the opera's central numbers in narrative order — despair, temptation, faith, redemption — act by act, with the musicologist Wang Yong introducing each from the stage. First heard in Berlin in 1821, Der Freischütz is where German Romantic opera starts. The Wolf's Glen scene sets the casting of the magic bullets as an orchestral incantation; nobody had written fear for an orchestra that way before. The overture, the huntsmen's chorus and Agathe's two arias turn up on concert programmes often enough on their own. Hearing them back in order is a different evening. Zhang Chengjie conducts the Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with Yu Haolei, Song Qian, Jiang Jingyue and Huang Junpeng.
Program
Performers
- Conductor
- Zhang Chengjie
- Soloist, Tenor
- Yu Haolei
- Soloist, Soprano
- Song Qian
- Soloist, Soprano
- Jiang Jingyue
- Soloist
- Huang Junpeng
- Soloist
- He Chao
- Soloist
- Tao Kuo
- Soloist
- Yu Yang
- Soloist
- Wang Haoyang
- Soloist
- Wang Yong
Tickets
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- Section J 96 seats
- Behind the orchestra, centre, facing the conductor
- Section I, odd numbers 49 seats
- Behind the orchestra, to one side of J
- Section I, even numbers 49 seats
- Behind the orchestra, the other side of J
- Section H, odd numbers 56 seats
- Above and to the side of the platform
- Section H, even numbers 56 seats
- Above and to the side of the platform, other side
- Section G, odd numbers 93 seats
- A long side terrace running back down the hall
- Section G, even numbers 93 seats
- The same terrace on the other side
- Section A 301 seats
- The largest single block, facing the platform
- Section F, odd numbers 43 seats
- Section F, even numbers 35 seats
- Section B, odd numbers 48 seats
- Behind Section A
- Section B, even numbers 48 seats
- Behind Section A, other side
- Section E, odd numbers 49 seats
- Section E, even numbers 49 seats
- Section D, odd numbers 66 seats
- Section D, even numbers 66 seats
- Section C 70 seats
- Rearmost, centre
Location
1380 Middle Fuxing Road
Metro Line 1 / Line 10 / Line 12 — South Shaanxi Road, 8 min walk
Provenance
Changes to this page
- On-sale time changedAug 20
Only changes that affect buying a ticket are listed.
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Last Checked: Aug 19
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“Weber at 240: Highlights from Der Freischütz.” Shanghai Concerts, https://shanghaiconcerts.com/en/concerts/weber-der-freischutz-highlights-shanghai-opera-house. Checked 2026-08-19.