Wozzeck (Berg)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:Georg_Büchner
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Woyzeck_(play)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber Op. 7
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Alban_Berg
gptkbp:compositionPeriod 1914-1922
gptkbp:criticalReception landmark of 20th-century opera
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Alma_Mahler
gptkbp:duration about 90 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Erich_Kleiber
gptkbp:genre atonal opera
expressionist opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wozzeck (Berg)
gptkbp:influenced 20th-century opera
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Second_Viennese_School
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Alban_Berg
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:The_Captain
gptkb:The_Doctor
gptkb:Wozzeck
gptkb:The_Drum_Major
gptkb:Marie
gptkbp:notableAdaptation Werner Herzog (1979)
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Marie’s_Lullaby
gptkbp:notableFor psychological drama
use of Sprechstimme
early atonal opera
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera_(1959)
Royal Opera House (2013)
Salzburg Festival (2017)
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Dmitri_Mitropoulos_(1951)
gptkb:Pierre_Boulez_(1966)
Claudio Abbado (1987)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:numberOfScenes 15
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1925-12-14
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Berlin_State_Opera
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Universal_Edition
gptkbp:setting 19th-century Germany
gptkbp:structure each scene has a specific musical form
gptkbp:subject gptkb:murder
alienation
madness
poverty
military life
gptkbp:theme social criticism
existential despair
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gerhard_Siegel
gptkb:Expressionism_(music)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7