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An expressionistic Wozzeck: Jürgen Flimm's old classic closes the season at La Scala

By James Imam, 09 November 2015
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“Flimm's key device... shatters spatial linearity in a disorientating portrayal of inner turmoil”
Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 6 November 2015
Programme
Berg, Wozzeck
Performers
Teatro alla Scala
Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor
Jürgen Flimm, Director
Erich Wonder, Set Designer
Florence von Gerkan, Costume Designer
Michael Volle, Wozzeck
Ricarda Merbeth, Marie
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Captain
Alain Coulombe, Doctor
Roberto Saccà, Drum major
Michael Laurenz, Andres
Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Margret
Andreas Hörl, First Apprentice
Modestas Sedlevicius, Second Apprentice
Rudolf Johann Schasching, Madman
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Catharina Lühr, Choreography
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James Imam
James Imam
James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.