Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of World War I, will break your heart with a score that captures the essence of opera. By Joshua Barone His skill in completing Alban Berg’s “Lulu ...

The first time was the charm, even if that first time took decades to arrive. Late last year the Houston Symphony earned its first ever Grammy Award nomination for best opera recording with "Berg: ...

Michael Ewans has written program notes for several productions by Opera Australia. Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th century. It is ...

When Alban Berg's opera "Wozzeck" was first seen in Berlin 100 years ago, it jolted its audience with a musical twist. Opera fans were used to modern works that abandoned traditional ideas of form and ...

NEW YORK — Even Alban Berg was shocked by the success of his opera “Wozzeck” at its 1925 Berlin premiere. The opera after all was written mostly in a freely atonal style, the kind of music that ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD broadcast of Alban Berg’s shocking opera “Wozzeck” will be broadcast at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center at 10:55 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. Sung in German with ...

After a dozen years as director of the Houston Symphony, Hans Graf planned a tempestuous departure. Graf, who became a professor for orchestral conducting at Mozarteum University in Salzburg, wanted ...

HOUSTON – The Houston Symphony has won its first-ever Grammy Award at the 60th annual ceremony Sunday for the live recording of Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" in the Best Opera Recording category. This was ...

Your judgment of the new Metropolitan Opera production of Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which runs through January 22nd, may depend on how you classify it. The director is the South African artist William ...

Here are a few quick details to keep in mind about the Dutch National Opera, Francois Roussillon Et Associés, Mezzo music flick. Berg: Wozzeck starring Christopher Maltman, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Marcel ...

In 2010, for the first time in its history, the Bolshoi Opera presented Alban Berg’s masterpiece Wozzeck conducted by Teodor Currentzis. Dmitri Cherniakov’s aim with this bold, sensitive transposition ...