Wozzeck

Wozzeck

97 mins | Drama, Crime, Music | Jan. 1, 1987

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.

Wozzeck

97 mins | Drama, Crime, Music | Jan. 1, 1987

Wozzeck
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.
Producers ORF, Wiener Staatsoper, Arthaus Musik
Original title Wozzeck
Directors Ernst Neuspiel, Franz Kabelka, Brian Large
Writers Alban Berg, Georg Büchner

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