Wozzeck

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Composer
Alban Berg
Librettist
Alban Berg
Based On

drama by Georg Büchner

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1968
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Leopold Ludwig
Production
Paul Hager
Designer
Leni Bauer-Ecsy
Richard Mason
Chorus
Stefan Minde
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Wozzeck
Geraint Evans
Captain
Richard Lewis
Andrès
Vahan Khanzadian
Marie
Evelyn Lear
Marie's Child
Jeremy Renton
Margret
Sylvia Anderson
Doctor
Herbert Beattie
Drum Major
Ticho Parly
First Apprentice
Archie Drake
Second Apprentice
Allan Monk
Fool
Howard Fried
Soldier
William Booth
Another soldier
James Eitze

Show Dates

Time and Place

(not specified)

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The captain's room
Scene 2 -- An open field
Scene 3 -- Marie's room
Scene 4 -- The doctor's study
Scene 5 -- Street outside Marie's house
Act II, Scene 1 -- Marie's room
Scene 2 -- The town square
Scene 3 -- Street outside Marie's house
Scene 4 -- A beer garden
Scene 5 -- The barracks
INTERMISSION
Act III, Scene 1 -- Marie's room
Scene 2 -- A pond
Scene 3 -- A tavern
Scene 4 -- A pond
Scene 5 -- Street outside Marie's house

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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Translated by Eric Blackall and Vida Hartford

Program note: All scenes are connected by musical interludes. Please reserve applause until the end of Acts II and III. 

San Francisco Opera Boys Choristers Madi Bacon, Director