William Kentridge at the Paris Opera with the opera "Wozzek"

The opera Wozzek written by Alban Berg and directed by William Kentridge on stage of the Opéra de Paris Bastille

Opéra Bastille - from 07 to 30 March 2022

1h35 no interval

Language : German

Surtitle : French / English

• Pre‑opening for the young : 7 March 2022

  Opening night : 10 March 2022

IN FEW WORDS: 

An indispensable piece of modern music and one of the most emblematic of the 20th century, Wozzeck is a dazzling piece. Adapting Georg Büchner’s play, Alban Berg managed to capture the social and psychological violence roiling the soldier Franz Wozzeck, with a force and precision rarely attained in opera. Browbeaten by the captain, exploited by the doctor, deceived by Marie, Wozzeck leads us to reflect on the most tragic effects of madness both on a isolated individual and on a group. This expressionist world blends just as strikingly into the staging of William Kentridge, one of the major visual artists of the contemporary scene. His drawings and videos appear to us like projections of Wozzeck’s imagination, exposing the horror of the First World War.

Wozzeck

Opera in three acts
After Georg Büchner, Woyzeck

• Libretto :

  Alban Berg

• Music :

  Alban Berg - (1885-1935)

• Conductor :

  Susanna Mälkki

• Director :

  William Kentridge

• Co-director :

  Luc De Wit

• Video :

  Catherine Meyburgh

• Set design :

  Sabine Theunissen

• Costume design :

  Greta Goiris

• Lighting design :

  Urs Schönebaum

• Video operator :

  Kim Gunning

• Chorus master :

  Ching-Lien Wu

Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Choeur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris

Production Salzburger Festspiele, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, Opera Australia.