Wozzeck
opera in three acts and fifteen scenes
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Author
Contributions
- Farrell, Eileen, 1920-2002 - Contributor
- Jagel, Frederick - Contributor
- Harrell, Mack - Contributor
- Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960 - Contributor
- High School of Music and Art (New York, N.Y.). Chorus - Contributor
and 2 more
- Schola Cantorum (Musical group) - Contributor
- New York Philharmonic - Contributor
Publication
1951 - Columbia Masterworks, New York, New York (State)
Language
German
Word Count
21,250 words, Guess
Page Count
85 pages
Identifiers
- Library of Congress Control Numberra 60000035
- OCLC Control Number3200997
- Open LibraryOL38614459M
Classifications
- DDC782.109436
- LCCM1500.B47 W69 M56 1951
Description
"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."--Publisher's web site.
Subjects
Topics
Series Statement
- Columbia masterworks
- Masterworks
Other Editions
- Wozzeck
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