THE MUSIC, art and architecture of a given time often present a mirror image of the mood and mores of that time. As a potent example of this thesis, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s resident ...

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. Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of ...

In crowded Carnegie Hall last week, Manhattan music lovers heard the next best thing to a stage production of Wozzeck—a brilliant concert version of the whole opera by the New York ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Alban Berg’s brutal classic, a tale of a lowly soldier’s degradation and death, continues to inspire artists. By David Allen Theodor Adorno had to ...

Peter Mattei in the title role and Elza van den Heever as Marie in William Kentridge’s new production of Berg’s Wozzeck. Ken Howard / Met Opera An ideal performance of Alban Berg’s eldritch opera ...

Hans Graf doesn't come out and say this is a labor of love, but the signs are clear. He can cite each occasion he has conducted Alban Berg's "Wozzeck," going back to the 1980s. He describes its ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Alban Berg's Wozzeck is arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th century. It is certainly one of the most powerful, and its emotional impact ...

If ever a conductor seemed an odd fit for the dark, rough-hewn intensity of Alban Berg's 1925 opera "Wozzeck," it is Nicole Paiement. Not that performers should (or even could) be a temperamental ...

Manhattan’s Victorian, red-and-gilt Metropolitan Opera House was transformed one night last week into a nightmarish, shriekingly demented world of sight and sound. The occasion: the Met’s long overdue ...

You may not have heard of it, but it's kind of like the European "Grammy." It's called the ECHO Klassik Award. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered ...

With all of its melodrama and bellicosity, opera has always been a tough nut for avant-garde composers to crack. The very nature of opera demands a certain traditionalism that requires composers to ...