Alban Berg (1885–1935)
WOZZECK

Opera in three acts
Libretto by the composer based on the drama “Woyzeck” (1836) by Georg Büchner
First performed on 14 December 1925 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin

 

Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
Stage director Simon McBurney
Set design Miriam Buether
Costume design Christina Cunningham
Lighting design Paul Anderson
Choreography, collaboration to the stage direction Leah Hausman
Video Will Duke
Dramaturgy Gerard McBurney
Collaboration to the stage direction Sasha Milavic-Davies

Cast:
Wozzeck Christian Gerhaher
Marie Malin Byström
Tambourmajor Thomas Blondelle
Doktor Brindley Sherratt
Hauptmann Peter Hoare
Andres Kang Wang
Margret Héloïse Mas*
Erster Handwerksbursche Matthieu Toulouse
Zweiter Handwerksbursche Tomasz Kumięga*

Choir Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Children's choir Maîtrise des Bouches-du-Rhône
Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra

*Former artists of the Académie

Produced by Festival d'Aix-en-Provence