Music ·Crime ·Drama · Austria · 1987 · 1h 37m

Wozzeck

Director

Brian Large Ernst Neuspiel Franz Kabelka

Cast

Claudio Abbado as Self - Conductor Franz Grundheber as Wozzeck Walter Raffeiner as Der Tambourmajor Philip Langridge as Andres Heinz Zednik as Der Hauptmann Aage Haugland as Der Doktor

Crew

Alban Berg — Writer Georg Büchner — Writer

Synopsis

1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper.

Mood & Themes

opera

Key Collaborators

Brian Large Director Ernst Neuspiel Director Franz Kabelka Director Alban Berg Writer Georg Büchner Writer

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