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  • Alban Berg, Wozzeck, Op. 7
    • Act 1: Soldaten Soldaten
    • Act 2: Und ist Kein Betrug
    • Act 3: Ringel Ringel Rosenkranz

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opera Berg's Wozzeck Andreas Homoki (stage director), Fabio Luisi (music director) – With Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)...

Andreas Homoki (stage director), Fabio Luisi (music director) – With Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)...

Berg's Wozzeck Andreas Homoki (stage director), Fabio Luisi (music director) – With Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)...

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“This Wozzeck, even more spectacular than Tcherniakov’s powerful vision, was one of the strongest artistic gestures of 2015. You should see it on film as soon as possible, a production that from now on is considered the touchstone performance of one of opera history's seminal works.” (Tutti Magazine) What higher praise can there be for this production of Berg’s celebrated opera? The masterpiece of 20th-century musical drama, Wozzeck is adapted from Büchner’s unfinished 1837 play, a dark tale inspired by a true story. The poor Wozzeck—a simple soldier whose only joy in life is his devotion to his lover Marie—progressively sinks into madness and commits the ultimate and unthinkable act...

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Cast

  • Andreas Homoki | Stage director
  • Michael Levine | Set and costume design
  • Franck Evin | Lighting designer
  • Kathrin Brunner | Dramaturgy
  • Christian Gerhaher | Wozzeck
  • Chorus & Children's Choir of the Opernhaus Zürich
  • Jürg Hämmerli | Chorus director
  • Philharmonia Zürich
  • Fabio Luisi | Conductor

Program

  • Alban Berg, Wozzeck, Op. 7
    • Act 1: Soldaten Soldaten
    • Act 2: Und ist Kein Betrug
    • Act 3: Ringel Ringel Rosenkranz

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Michael Beyer
  • Venue: Zürich Opera House (Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Production date: 2016
  • Duration: 1 h 40 min
  • Production: © Accentus Music
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