01/11/20- Wozzeck- 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera
Wozzeck
ALBAN BERG
- ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 1 HRS 40 MINS, 0 intermissions
- SUNG IN GERMAN
- photo credit: / Met Opera
After wowing audiences with his astounding production of Lulu in 2015, South African artist William Kentridge now focuses his extraordinary visual imagination on Berg’s other operatic masterpiece, set in an apocalyptic pre–World War I environment. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium for this important event, with baritone Peter Mattei making his highly anticipated role debut as the title character. Soprano Elza van den Heever is Wozzeck’s unfaithful mate, and the commanding cast also includes tenor Christopher Ventris as the Drum-Major, bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as the Doctor, and tenor Gerhard Siegel as the Captain.
You can download performance programs, read the opera synopsis and watch performance videos at: https://www.metopera.org/Season/Radio/Saturday-Matinee-Broadcasts/
CAST:
CONDUCTOR
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
MARIE
Elza van den Heever
MARGRET
Tamara Mumford
THE DRUM MAJOR
Christopher Ventris
THE CAPTAIN
Gerhard Siegel
ANDRES
Andrew Staples
WOZZECK
Peter Mattei
THE DOCTOR
Christian Van Horn