Wozzeck (1987)

9.0 out of 10 · 1987 · 97 min · Music, Crime, Drama

Overview

1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper.

Directed by Brian Large, Franz Kabelka, Ernst Neuspiel

Cast

• Claudio Abbado as Self - Conductor
• Franz Grundheber as Wozzeck
• Walter Raffeiner as Der Tambourmajor
• Philip Langridge as Andres
• Heinz Zednik as Der Hauptmann
• Aage Haugland as Der Doktor
• Anna Gonda as Marguerete
• Hildegard Behrens as Marie

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