Alban Berg – Wozzeck (2016) Blu-ray

Posted on April 17, 2017 by admin

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Tracklist:
1 Opening Credits
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Wozzeck, Op. 7

Act I
2 Scene 1: Langsam, Wozzeck, langsam!
3 Scene 2: Du, der Platz ist verflucht!
4 Scene 3: Tschin Bum! Horst du, Bub? Da kommen sie!
5 Scene 4: Was erleb’ ich, Wozzeck?
6 Scene 5: Geh einmal vor dich hin

Act II
7 Scene 1: Was die Steine glanzen!
8 Scene 2: Wohin so eilig, geehrtester Herr Sargnagel
9 Scene 3: Guten Tag, Franz
10 Scene 4: Ich habe ein Hemdlein an
11 Scene 5: Oh! oh! Andres! Ich kann nicht schlafen

Act III
12 Scene 1: Und ist kein Betrug in seinem Munde erfunden worden
13 Scene 2: Dort links geht’s in die Stadt
14 Scene 3: Tanzt alle; tanzt nur zu!
15 Scene 4: Das Messer? Wo ist das Messer?
16 Scene 5: Ringel, Ringel, Rosenkranz
17 Curtain Calls & Closing Credits

Christian Gerhaher – Wozzeck
Brandon Jovanovich – Tambourmajor
Mauro Peter – Andres
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke – Hauptmann
Lars Woldt – Doktor
Pavel Daniluk – 1. Handwerksbursch
Cheyne Davidson – 2. Handwerksbursch
Martin Zysset – Der Narr
Gun-Brit Barkmin – Marie
Irene Friedli – Margret
Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zurich

• 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 Buchner’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.
• His nightmarishly radical production is inspired by puppet theatre. Christian Gerhaher’s role debut as Wozzeck can only be described as sensational: his capacity for vocal and dramatic subtlety is simply breath-taking. At the rostrum of the Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi explores both the expressionistic and the more intimate aspects, reminiscent of chamber music, in Berg’s seminal
• Video Performance 2017 :: “This impressive performance of Berg’s ‘Wozzeck’ from the Zurich Opera is a reference recording. The musical aspect is simply outstanding, with an incomparable Christian Gerhaher in the title role and charismatic conducting from Fabio Luisi. The remarkably detailed staging is no less inspiring, and the video recording is excellent, too. A production of terrific intensity and concentration.” ICMA jury statement