“… once the musicians found their collective feet conductor Marc Niemann was able to exploit the music’s colour, dynamism and swift dramatic pacing to the full.” (Matthew Rye, ferneklang.blogspot.co.at, 7 March 2016)

Manfred Gurlitt’s Wozzeck– the “other” Wozzeck – is running at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven until 27 April.

Antony Beaumont on Gurlitt’s opera:

“In contrast to Berg’s setting of the same text, Gurlitt interprets the drama with little structural, harmonic or instrumental refinement – not on account of any particular technical deficiencies, but rather because he approaches the subject from the standpoint of spoken theatre.”

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