Opera Engiadina will produce a "Grisons Hunter Opera" in October 2026. The Grisons Hunters' Association will be the patron. The opera is based on Carl Maria von Weber's famous opera "Der Freischütz." However, the plot (scenario by Claudio Danuser and Manfred Ferrari) will be tailored to the "King of the Bernina," the legendary Engadine hunter Gian Marchet Colani from Pontresina (1772–1835), who was rumored to have shot with enchanted bullets—a motif that corresponds precisely to the magic bullets in "Der Freischütz." The opera will center on the infamous Wolf's Glen scene, which will be performed in the Ova da Bernina gorge near Pontresina, and will feature the famous hunters' chorus, sung for the first time in Romansh by Engadine and other Grisons hunters.

Samiel / Narrator Lorenzo Polin

Gian Marchet Colani (Max, tenor) Yves Ehrsam

Chasper (Kaspar, bass-baritone) Fabrice Raviola

Aita (Agathe, the daughter of the shooting master, S) Sara-Bigna Janett

Peider Costa, Shooting Master (Kuno, Bass) Radovan Jovanovic

Gian Clavuot, District President (Ottokar, Baritone) Michael Stern

Hermit (Bass) Martin Roth

Director/Stage Manfred Ferrari

Project choir of the Graubünden Hunting Association

Graubünden Chamber Philharmonic

Musical direction Claudio Danuser

tickets

CHF 65.00 (1st Catholic)

CHF 45.00 (2nd Catholic)

Young people up to 26 years of age: CHF 20.00

Presale: On-line

Further information: operaengiadina.ch