Storyline
The soldier Wozzeck (Christian Gerhaher) flits through a world that he is unable to decipher. The doctor torments him with absurd medical experiments; the captain humiliates and ridicules him. And Wozzeck’s lover, Marie (Gun-Brit Barkmin), with whom he has a child, cuckolds him with the drum major. Wozzeck becomes a murderer, stabbing Marie to death. Georg Büchner’s drama fragment, on which Alban Berg based his first opera, is an unflinching case study of social injustice and human suffering. But it is also a grotesque piece that thrives on exaggeration – and in which only a fine line separates the unfathomable from the ridiculous. Accordingly, director Andreas Homoki forgoes all realism.
Cast & Crew
Christian Gerhaher
Wozzeck
Lead
Brandon Jovanovich
Drum Major
Mauro Peter
Andres
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Captain
Lars Woldt
Doctor
Gun-Brit Barkmin
Marie
What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Beyer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Alban Berg - Wozzeck is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
