Carl Maria von Weber's wildly successful bohemian opera detailing a lovelorn man's reluctant deal with the devil is performed before a live audience in this release of a performance featuring libretto by Johann Friedrich Kind and offering the music of the Chorus and Orchestra of the Württembergische Staatsoper, Stuttgart performing under conductor Dennis Russell Davies. Caterina Ligendza, Toni Krämer, and Wolfgang Schöne star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi