Berg: Wozzeck (DVD) – Christopher Maltman
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Berg: Wozzeck (DVD) – Christopher Maltman
Composer: Alban Berg
Artists: Christopher Maltman, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Frank Van Aken, Marcel Beekman, Sir Willard White, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marc Albrecht
Director: Krzysztof Warlikowski
Format: NTSC
Language: German
Subtitles: German, English, French, Japanese, Korean
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Naxos DVD
DVD Release Date: November 9, 2018
Run Time: 107 minutes
Based on real events and drawing on Georg Büchner’s revolutionary play, Alban Berg’s Wozzeck turns a grimly tragic narrative of violence and murder into one of the most powerful and original operas of the 20th century. Berg’s uncompromising portrayal of brutality and madness generated much controversy, but the significance of Wozzeck was soon recognized; its compelling lyrical expansiveness, large-scale dramatic gestures and remarkable musical structures producing music of overwhelming emotional intensity. The Financial Times declared this to be “a beautiful, moving, engrossing production... this is a consummate Wozzeck, blending clarity, lyricism, compassion and crushing force.”
History
Alban Berg’s Wozzeck
Berg’s landmark work, based on Georg Büchner’s unfinished play, changed the operatic landscape when it premiered in Berlin in 1925. A searing portrayal of an oppressed individual in a hostile society, set to an atonal score, it has remained as relevant and contemporary ever since.
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