A study of a man's physical and mental limitations. In the 24 quite harsh and grueling fragments of the unfinished drama, a body and a mind are tested as far as they can be pushed before their owner goes over the edge. Is there just one thing that proves to be too much for Franz Woyzeck, or is it an accumulation of miseries and torments of a wretched existence? Woyzeck is perhaps not so much a bleak account of how miserable life can be as how much strength is required to deal with the daily vicissitudes of life and how delicate and fragile a balance the human psyche rests on.
Directed by Tiziano Mancini, William Kentridge
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Cast
Matthias Goerne
Wozzeck (baritone)
John Daszak
Drum Major (tenor)
Mauro Peter
Andres (tenor)
Gerhard Siegel
Captain (tenor)
Jens Larsen
Doctor (bass)
Tobias Schabel
First Apprentice (bass)
Huw Montague Rendall
Second Apprentice (baritone)
Heinz Göhrig
Madman (tenor)
Asmik Grigorian
Marie (soprano)
Frances Pappas
Margret (mezzo-soprano)
Burkhard Höft
Chorus soloist (tenor)
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