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Musically peerless but battering: Wozzeck at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck)
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Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck)
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Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck)
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Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck) and Peter Hoare (Captain)
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Malin Byström (Marie) and Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck)
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“the bleakness factor is dialled up to maximum at the very beginning of the piece”
Reviewed at Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence on 7 July 2023
Berg, Wozzeck (new production)
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Simon McBurney, Director
Miriam Buether, Set Designer
Christina Cunningham, Costume Designer
Paul Anderson, Lighting Designer
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
William Duke, Video
Gerard McBurney, Dramaturgy
Malin Byström, Marie
Peter Hoare, Captain
Christian Gerhaher, Wozzeck
Brindley Sherratt, Doctor
Thomas Blondelle, Drum Major
Héloïse Mas, Margret
Robert Lewis, Andres
Tomasz Kumięga, Second Apprentice
Matthieu Toulouse, First Apprentice
Maîtrise des Bouches-du-Rhône
Leah Hausman, Choreography
To die in order to live: Castellucci's Resurrection
****1
At the Festival d'Aix: to hear Tristan... and to die
***11
The devil rides a violin bow in Falstaff at Aix
*****
Dramatische Kulissen: Mozarts Idomeneo beim Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
***11
Cruel et exceptionnel Couronnement de Poppée à Aix-en-Provence
*****
Le Dante peu poétique de Pascal Dusapin à Aix-en-Provence
**111
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