Gian Marchet Colani – a Graubünden hunter opera based on Carl Maria von Weber's «Der Freischütz»

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Opera Engiadina is producing around the hunting season in October 2026 a genuine Graubünden hunter opera in collaboration with the Bündner Hunter Association, which also takes on the patronage. The story is based on Carl Maria von Weber's famous opera «Der Freischütz». The plot is tailored to the «König vom Bernina», the legendary Engadine hunter Gian Marchet Colani from Pontresina (1772 – 1835), who was said to have shot with cursed bullets, which corresponds exactly to the free bullets in «Freischütz». The opera centers on the famous Wolf's Gorge scene, which will be set in the Ova da Bernina gorge near Pontresina, as well as the popular hunter chorus, sung here in Romansh for the first time by Engadine and Graubünden hunters. Prices: Category 1: CHF 65.- Category 2: CHF 45.- Youth up to 26: CHF 20.-