Gavin Plumley of Entartete Musik
and Andrew Clements of The Guardian
have both reviewed the Royal Opera House’s current production of Alban
Berg’s Wozzeck.
You can find their reviews by clicking on their names.
Alban
Berg: Wozzeck
Opera in 3 acts (15 scenes) | 90'
4 4 5 4 - 4 4 4 1 - timp(2), perc(4), cel, hp,
str, stage: "Heurigenmusik" - fiddle (2-4), cl, acc, guit, bass tuba,
military band - 3 2 2 2 - 2 2 3 1 - perc, pno, chamber orch - 1 2 3 2 - 2 0 0 0
- str(1 1 1 1 1)
Further performances: 8., 12., 15.11.2013,
Royal Opera House, London; Simon Keenlyside, Wozzeck; Karita Mattila, Marie;
Gerhard Siegel, Captain; John Tomlinson, Doctor; Endrik Wottrich, Drum Major;
John Easterlin, Andres; Allison Cook, Margret; Jeremy White, First Apprentice;
Grant Doyle, Second Apprentice; Robin Tritschler, Idiot; Royal Opera Chorus,
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, cond. Mark Elder
Wolfgang Rihm’s 1978 opera Jakob Lenz comes to the English National Opera in a new translation by Richard Stokes this Tuesday.
Sam Brown directs the new production at the Hampstead Theatre.
Here’s the ENO trailer