Alban Berg - Wozzeck

Alban Berg - Wozzeck

2016
1h 41m
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Overview

The soldier Wozzeck (Christian Gerhaher) flits through a world that he is unable to decipher. The doctor torments him with absurd medical experiments; the captain humiliates and ridicules him. And Wozzeck’s lover, Marie (Gun-Brit Barkmin), with whom he has a child, cuckolds him with the drum major. Wozzeck becomes a murderer, stabbing Marie to death. Georg Büchner’s drama fragment, on which Alban Berg based his first opera, is an unflinching case study of social injustice and human suffering. But it is also a grotesque piece that thrives on exaggeration – and in which only a fine line separates the unfathomable from the ridiculous. Accordingly, director Andreas Homoki forgoes all realism.

Status: Released

Language: DE

Production Information

Production Companies
Accentus Music Opernhaus Zürich
Spoken Languages
German

Keywords

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 2016
Status Released
Language DE
Website Visit Site

Cast

Christian Gerhaher
Christian Gerhaher

Wozzeck

Brandon Jovanovich
Brandon Jovanovich

Drum Major

Mauro Peter
Mauro Peter

Andres

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

Captain

Lars Woldt
Lars Woldt

Doctor

Gun-Brit Barkmin
Gun-Brit Barkmin

Marie

Key Crew

Alban Berg
Writer
Michael Beyer
Director