Wozzeck (2018)
A study of a man's physical and mental limitations. In the 24 quite harsh and grueling fragments of the unfinished drama, a body and a mind are tested as far as they can be pushed before their owner goes over the edge. Is there just one thing that proves to be too much for Franz Woyzeck, or is it an accumulation of miseries and torments of a wretched existence? Woyzeck is perhaps not so much a bleak account of how miserable life can be as how much strength is required to deal with the daily vicissitudes of life and how delicate and fragile a balance the human psyche rests on.
Directors: William Kentridge, Tiziano Mancini.
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Matthias Goerne as Wozzeck (baritone) |
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John Daszak as Drum Major (tenor) |
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Mauro Peter as Andres (tenor) |
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Gerhard Siegel as Captain (tenor) |
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Jens Larsen as Doctor (bass) |
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Tobias Schabel as First Apprentice (bass) |
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Huw Montague Rendall as Second Apprentice (baritone) |
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Heinz Göhrig as Madman (tenor) |
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Asmik Grigorian as Marie (soprano) |
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Frances Pappas as Margret (mezzo-soprano) |
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Burkhard Höft as Chorus soloist (tenor) |
| Sound | Alban Berg | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Georg Büchner | Writer |
| Sound | Vladimir Jurowski | Conductor |
| Directing | William Kentridge | Director |
| Directing | Tiziano Mancini | Director |
| Writing | Alban Berg | Adaptation |