Berg: Wozzeck - Act I (Abaddo; Grundheber, Behrens, et al.) [English Subtitles]

Berg: Wozzeck - Act I
Wozzeck: Franz Grundheber
Marie: Hildegard Behrens
Der Tambourmajor: Walter Raffeiner
Andres: Philip Langridge
Der Hauptmann: Heinz Zednik
Der Doktor: Aage Haugland
Marguerete: Anna Gonda
Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Conducted by Claudio Abbado
Sung in German
Presented with English subtitles
Stage Director: Adolf Dresen
Chorus Master: Helmuth Froschauer
Costume Designer: Helmuth Kappelmüller
Video Director: Briane Large
Recorded in 1987 at the Vienna State Opera
Synopsis of Act I:
Scene 1. (The Captain's room.) The soldier Wozzeck is shaving the Captain. The officer urges him to work more slowly, then tells him that he is a good man but lacks morality because he has an illegitimate child. Wozzeck replies that virtue is a luxury not meant for the poor.
Scene 2. (An open field.) Wozzeck and a fellow soldier, Andres, are cutting firewood in the fields. Wozzeck is frightened by visions: he hears noises and imagines the sinking sun as a fire setting the earth aflame. Then suddenly all is quiet.
Scene 3. (Marie's room.) Marie, the mother of Wozzeck's child, and her neighbor Margret watch a military band pass by outside their window. Marie admires the handsome Drum Major and Margret mocks her. Alone with her young son, Marie sings him a lullaby. Wozzeck arrives and tells her about his visions, which he sees as an omen of evil things to come. Marie tries to comfort him, but he rushes off to the barracks without looking at his son. Overwhelmed by her own fears, Marie runs out of the room, leaving the child.
Scene 4. (The Doctor's study.) Wozzeck visits the Doctor, who pays him for use in his medical research. Full of self-delusion about making a grand scientific discovery, the Doctor asks Wozzeck about his diet. Wozzeck again brings up his visions, which the doctor dismisses as mere imagination.
Scene 5. (Street before Marie's door.) On the street before her door, the Drum Major makes advances toward Marie. She resists at first, then gives in to him.

[@pckoha57]

The opera Wozzeck is one of the best representations of the condition of human misery. Great performance of this masterpiece.

[@danielcangelosi3995]

When he said "MoOoUuuUsSeee" at 4:17 I felt that...

[@danielcangelosi3995]

Also, 6:14 is a mood

[@ha3vy]

It hits so hard bro...

[@Elizabeth-mu3du]

😔✊🏽

[@Nikolai1939]

The dialogue between the captain and Wozzeck is onte of the greatest Intros to a visual media in history

[@fredquantik3057]

un opéra sublime , sombre , mystérieux , comme l est l oeuvre de georg buchner , l opéra me rappelle le théâtre de beckett , une atmosphère tragique ou se mêle , passion , solitude , espoir déçu , en plein expressionnisme allemand , alban berg nous livre une pièce envoûtante avec l immense abbado a la baguette ,,

[@Breakbeat90s]

restore your faith in humanity, listen to berg

[@srothbardt]

Wozzeck has to know how to shave the Hauptmann while he is singing and not cut him. Eine guter mensch

[@konradheumann8342]

OUTSTANDING performance!

[@perfectblue8443]

What a treasure, I never knew abbado had done wozzeck

[@Dodecatone]

27:15 What a beautiful viola solo...

[@hansdesnoyers3905]

I love this live recording so very much...Thank you very much for the post.

[@yurisantangelo9302]

Che genio eri Claudio, grazie ❤️

[@anders3516]

Going to see this piece tonight in Chicago, thanks for the dress rehearsal! I hope that the piece tonight has the same quality.

[@sueben]

Vielen Dank fürs Hochladen. Wonderful production! Großartig!

[@arsnova3119]

This is a very good interpretation, thank you very much!

[@gerardbegni2806]

The interpretation is awesome and the idea of subtitles is great.

[@talvela100]

Wonderful production!

[@carlosmijaresl4509]

Awesome recording!!! Thanks for this production :D

[@thomaslaube8260]

I love Alban Berg

[@ryanmehaffey9066]

Wozzeck is such a good barber he can cut the hair of a bald man without cutting his throat. I credit the peas. In all seriousness, the voices are screeching and I've suspected by design, to emphasize the cruelty of the world and the atonality of the score.

[@Calvin1985]

Chuck Norris's ear training 101 exercises.

[@MarioSilva-jg5nh]

😂😂😂best comment ever

[@SatanPanda]

music starts 1:16

[@jaikwillis]

wait, is the orchestra tuning and warming up or is that the overture ?

[@Rickriquinho]

LOL Good one!

[@mbrennanbes]

but what is it?

[@maaaaaaaaarcel]

Background music added in post-production, I don't think it's the orchestra.

[@ryanzarmbinski7446]

jaik willis I was thinking the same thing!!

[@GaryWh-js5vk]

jaik willis The tuning sounded more melodic than the overture. Lol.

[@DaveInirts]

9:26 16:07 24:22 31:12

[@benjaminkapp3729]

I just watched the new production of this by the Met and it was pretty terrible, pointlessly 'modern' looking like Silent Hill, and ultimately upstaged the music and the story. This one is excellent.

[@matthewnewton2753]

Silent Hill LOL

[@gabrielgunnzalez]

What's Mel Gibson doing in this?

[@ha3vy]

4:19

[@stevenbaur8282]

Wozzeck motive at 6:24

[@minatsamou]

gongratulations

[@zacharypaz4677]

LIT

[@TheAttiliotauro]

Puccini ebbe modo di ascoltare a Palazzo Pitti una composizione di Schoenberg "Il Pierrot Lunaire"non credo lo abbia mai commentato.Probabilmente come tanti fu attratto dalla curiosità solamente.Questa musica si ascolta solo per questo.Una volta e poi non si ascolta più. ._

[@paolograndinetti7609]

No, non è così. Puccini stesso lancia dei chiari messaggi di modernità nella Turandot che andrebbe ascoltata in chiave non tradizionale. Puccini assorbe tutti i segnali dei coevi musicisti evoluti.