Ep. 011: Der Freischütz with Garrett Schumann
In which one man’s performance anxiety gains access to live ammunition.
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When I was four, I dressed up as Mephistopheles from Gounod’s Faust for Halloween and corrected each of my grandparents’ friends when they thought I was the devil. Now I’m a cultural critic.