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Wozzeck
Opéra Bastille
20h
Dress Cocktail attire
An indispensable piece of modern music and one of the most emblematic of the 20th century, Wozzeck is a dazzling piece. Adapting Georg Büchner’s play, Alban Berg managed to capture the social and psychological violence roiling the soldier Franz Wozzeck, with a force and precision rarely attained in opera. Browbeaten by the captain, exploited by the doctor, deceived by Marie, Wozzeck leads us to reflect on the most tragic effects of madness both on a isolated individual and on a group. This expressionist world blends just as strikingly into the staging of William Kentridge, one of the major visual artists of the contemporary scene. His drawings and videos appear to us like projections of Wozzeck’s imagination, exposing the horror of the First World War.
Wozzeck
Wozzeck - William Kentridge
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Music
Alban Berg
(1885-1935) -
ConductorSusanna Mälkki
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Libretto
Alban Berg
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Director
William Kentridge
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Co-director
Luc De Wit
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Video
Catherine Meyburgh
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Set design
Sabine Theunissen
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Costume design
Greta Goiris
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Lighting design
Urs Schönebaum
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Video operator
Kim Gunning
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Chorus master
Ching-Lien Wu
Cast
Reuter
Wozzeck
Daszak
Tambourmajor
Akzeybek
Andres
Siegel
Hauptmann
Struckmann
Doktor
Timoshenko
Erster Handwerksbursch
Westman
Zweiter Handwerksbursch
Göhrig
Der Narr
Westbroek
Marie
Bouchard-Lesieur
Margret
Morell
Ein Soldat
Sannai
Solo chœur
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Choeur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris
Production Salzburger Festspiele, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, Opera australia