Wozzeck By The Greek National Opera
EVENT INFO
- When: 19 Jan 2020 - 02 Feb 2020
- Where: Stavros Niarchos Hall, 364 Syggrou Avenue
- Price: From 15€
- Title: Wozzeck By The Greek National Opera
- Email: info@nationalopera.gr
- Contact Number: 213 0885700
- Website: www.nationalopera.gr/en/stavros-niarchos-hall/sn-opera/item/2641-wozzeck
One of the 20th-century lyric theatre masterpieces, Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, will be presented for the first time by the Greek National Opera in a new production directed by the top French director Olivier Py.
In the title role, the internationally acclaimed Greek baritone of the GNO, Tassis Christoyannis, will sing for the first time one of the most taxing roles in the modern repertory.
The opera is based on Georg Buchner’s play Woyzeck, which remained unfinished and was published in 1879, more than forty years after the writer’s death. It recounts scenes from the miserable life of soldier Wozzeck in a village. When his wife cheats on him, Wozzeck kills her and after that, in his attempt to cover his tracks in a state of delirium, he drowns in a lake. Wozzeck is one of the first extensive operas of the 20th century written in an atonal idiom with the use of Sprechgesang – a type of vocalization between speech and song.
Both due to its importance for the history of music modernism and for the quality of its music in itself, it has been a staple of the repertory of all major opera houses in the world.
On January 19, 23, 26, 31 and February 2. Starts at 19:30 (Sundays at 18:30).
Both due to its importance for the history of music modernism and for the quality of its music in itself, it has been a staple of the repertory of all major opera houses in the world.
On January 19, 23, 26, 31 and February 2. Starts at 19:30 (Sundays at 18:30).
