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Berlin State Opera. Wozzeck ( German pronunciation: [ˈvɔtsɛk]) is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. Composed between 1914 and 1922, it premiered in 1925. It is based on the drama Woyzeck, which German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at his death.
Wozzeck, opera in three acts by Austrian composer Alban Berg, who also wrote its German libretto, deriving the story from the unfinished play Woyzeck (the discrepancy in spelling was the result of a misreading of the manuscript) by Georg Büchner.
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Jan 11, 2020 · One of the emblematic achievements of the thriving artistic forces in Germany and Austria during the brief period between world wars, Wozzeck was a sensation and a scandal at its premiere. Remarkably, it has lost none of its power to fascinate, shock, and engage audiences, and its status as one of the defining musical works of the 20th century ...
Mar 11, 2022 · “Wozzeck” was the first opera that made me believe in opera as a viable art form. It is this huge musical expression of the lives of really disempowered people.
The dramatic fragment Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. The three extant plays of Georg Büchner (1813–1837) reveal a writer profoundly out of step with the style and interests of his day. Though he died just five years after the preeminent figure of German literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), Büchner’s works are miles away from ...
Jul 28, 2023 · Wozzeck is a 1925 opera by Alban Berg, based on a play by Georg Büchner, about a soldier's descent into madness and murder. The opera explores the themes of war, death, despair and human condition with a modernist musical language and a tragic plot.
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Dec 14, 2018 · Learn about the history, plot and music of Berg's opera based on Büchner's play. Watch and listen to a production featuring Hildegard Behrens, Franz Grundheber, and Philip Landgridge.
