Organization

Conductor

Carlos Spierer

Stage director

Frank Hilbrich

Set designer

Lukas Noll

Costume designer

Singer

Soprano

Sabine Paßow

Marie

Baritone

Sebastian Geyer

Wozzeck

Markus Petsch

Tenor

Drum Major

Bass

Chi Kyung Kim

First apprentice

Vito Tamburro

Second apprentice

David-Erich Fankhauser

Andres

Gregor Rózycki

Doctor

Contralto

Henrietta Hugenholtz

Margret

Stadttheater Giessen

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Soldier Wozzeck is poor. He has an illegitimate child with Marie. In order to earn money, he volunteers for medical experiments. Marie succumbs to the dashing drum major's advances and Wozzeck learns of her infidelity. He thinks about death. The drum major beats up Wozzeck. Marie begs God for mercy. Wozzeck stabs Marie and is revealed to be the murderer. He tries to clean the bloody knife in the pond and drowns. Hardly any other opera figure of the 20th century has shocked people as much as this lonely outsider who was abused and betrayed by everyone. The transparent, reduced orchestration by Eberhard Kloke ensures that this psychologically nuanced case study is experienced directly and does justice to Georg Büchner's fragmentary text,

English

Soldat Wozzeck ist arm. Mit Marie hat er ein uneheliches Kind. Um Geld zu verdienen, meldet er sich für medizinische Versuche. Marie erliegt den Avancen des schneidigen Tambourmajors und Wozzeck erfährt von ihrer Untreue. Er denkt an den Tod. Der Tambourmajor verprügelt Wozzeck. Marie fleht Gott um Erbarmen an. Wozzeck ersticht Marie und wird als Mörder entlarvt. Er versucht, das blutige Messer im Teich zu reinigen, und ertrinkt. Kaum eine andere Opernfigur des 20. Jahrhunderts hat die Menschen so erschüttert, wie dieser einsame, von allen missbrauchte und betrogene Außenseiter. Die transparente, reduzierte Orchesterbearbeitung von Eberhard Kloke sorgt für ein unmittelbares Erleben dieser psychologisch nuancierten Fallstudie und wird dem fragmentarischen Text Georg Büchners ebenso gerecht, wie der filigranen und doch hochexpressiven Musik Alban Bergs.

Deutsch

Wozzeck by Berg, From (2005/2005), Directed by Frank Hilbrich,, Conductor Carlos Spierer

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