Into the abyss: a harrowing Wozzeck in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli, 28 November 2017

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“Iversen shied away from overplaying the character, instead going for text-driven nuance”

Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 25 November 2017

Berg, Wozzeck

Norwegian National Opera

Lothar Koenigs, Conductor

Christof Loy, Director

Herbert Murauer, Set Designer

Judith Weihrauch, Costume Designer

Audun Iversen, Wozzeck

Asmik Grigorian, Marie

Thor Inge Falch, Captain

Karl-Heinz Lehner, Doctor

Henrik Engelsviken, Drum Major

Thorbjørn Gulbrandsøy, Andres

Tone Kummervold, Margret

Yngve André Søberg, First Apprentice

Martin Wölfel, Madman

Corinna Tetzel, Revival Director

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.