Seattle Opera’s only production of the opera that most fired Richard Wagner’s imagination as a child featured the company debut of Deborah Voigt and the return of Gary Lakes, who had sung two performances as Tristan the previous summer.

Gary Lakes (Max) and Harry Peeters (Kaspar) in Weber’s Der Freischütz, 1999 © Gary Smith

Weber’s Der Freischütz, 1999 © Gary Smith

Ute Selbig (Ännchen) and Deborah Voigt (Agathe) in Weber’s Der Freischütz, 1999 © Gary Smith

Ute Selbig (Ännchen), Deborah Voigt (Agathe), Gary Lakes (Max), and Harry Peters (Kaspar) in Weber’s Der Freischütz, 1999 © Gary Smith

Harry Peeters (Kaspar) and Gary Lakes (Max) in Weber’s Der Freischütz, 1999 © Gary Smith