Finally, culturally, this opera occupies an important place as this is one of the first romantic operas with the famous "Fidelio" by Beethoven. I find it that these two masterpieces are linked and form a duo on the evolution history of opera. So I recommend. In addition, if you also want to acquire Fidelio, I would recommend the version of Herbert von Karajan (same edition as the Freischutz: EMI).