https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-2019-20-review-wozzeck/
One could call the Met Opera’s new production of “Wozzeck” a collage. The opera itself undeniably brings this word to mind in how Alban Berg unites the dark tale of a misanthrope who murders his lover and drowns himself via numerous musical structures and forms. The entire first act features a suite, a rondo, a lullaby, and a passacaglia while {…}
https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-2019-20-preview-peter-mattei-to-become-15th-wozzeck-interpreter-in-met-history/
(Credit: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera will open a new production of “Wozzeck” on Dec. 27, 2019 with Peter Mattei in the leading role. What is fascinating about “Wozzeck’s” history at the Met is that despite only 69 performances to date, there have been a whopping 14 different artists performing the title role (an average of about {…}
https://operawire.com/greek-national-opera-set-for-new-wozzeck-in-2020/
The Greek National Opera is set to open a new production of “Wozzeck” on Jan 19, 2020. Directed by Oliver Py for the first time in his career and conducted by Vassilis Christopoulos, the famed opera by Alban Berg will kick off the company’s 2020 season. Greek baritone Tassis Christoyannis will star in the title role with Nadine Lehner as {…}
https://operawire.com/director-william-kentridge-to-talk-wozzeck-at-morgan-library-museum/
(Credit: Ruth Walz / Salzburg Festival) On Sunday, December 1, 2019, the Morgan Library & Museum will partner with the Metropolitan Opera to showcase “William Kentridge in Conversation.” The event begins at 3 p.m. The event will feature the famed director talking about his upcoming production of Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which opens on Dec. 27, 2019. He will discuss the {…}
https://operawire.com/opera-profile-wozzeck-alban-bergs-masterpiece/
(Credit: Ruth Walz / Salzburg Festival) Based on the play by George Büchner, Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck” is widely considered one of the great operas of all-time. He conceived of it in 1914 and would eventually finish in 1922. It would receive its world premiere on Dec. 14, 1925. He adapted the libretto himself, creating a work that features numerous shorter {…}
https://operawire.com/opera-quiz-test-your-knowledge-of-alban-bergs-wozzeck/
“Wozzeck” is, for many, the crowning achievement of Alban Berg’s career. While the opera premiered on December 14 1925, Berg actually saw the premiere of the play upon which he based the opera on May 5, 1914. We chose to celebrate that day because it was from that initial experience that the opera germinated in the composer’s mind. So here {…}
https://operawire.com/how-to-watch-salzburgs-wozzeck/
For audiences anticipating the Metropolitan Opera’s upcoming 2019-20 production of Berg’s “Wozzeck,” they are in luck as Medici.tv and the Salzburg Festival are teaming to present it. On August 27, the opera will be streamed through Medici.TV allowing audiences around the world to see the acclaimed production by William Kentridge. The opera, which premiered on August 8, scored rave reviews {…}
https://operawire.com/critics-praise-for-kentridges-gruesome-production-for-wozzeck-at-salzburg-festival-2017/
Following its opening at Austria’s Salzburg Festival, William Kentridge’s production of Wozzeck will be coming to the Metropolitan Opera in 2019. And by the looks of it, Met audiences are primed for a major treat. Shirley Apthorp of Financial Times describes the artistic direction of Kentridge’s Wozzeck as “grim sketches and animations, a return to his earlier medium of charcoal {…}
https://operawire.com/obituary-baritone-benjamin-luxon-dies-at-87/
On July 25, 2024, Baritone Benjamin Luxon died at the age of 87. Considered one of Great Britain’s major international singers, Luxon was born on March 24, 1937 in Redruth, Cornwall and first studied with Walther Gruner at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and later went on to win the third prize in the ARD International Music Competition {…}