Hear "Wozzeck," the opera that Austrian composer Alban Berg wrote during World War I, on Classical IPR on Saturday at 1 p.m.
The realist opera is atonal, but Berg used leitmotifs to tie the work together.
Composer: Alban Berg
Libretto: Alban Berg
Venue: Royal Opera House, London
Presenting company: Royal Opera
Cast:
Wozzeck: Christian Gerhaher
Marie: Anja Kampe
The Captain: Peter Hoare
The Doctor: Brindley Sherratt
Margret: Rosie Aldridge
The Drum-Major: Clay Hilley
Andres: Sam Furness
Ensemble: Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano