Wozzeck : opera in 3 acts and 15 scenes /

Wozzeck : opera in 3 acts and 15 scenes /

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The story encompasses the gruesome detail, horror, passion, and torment that characterized works of the German Expressionist movement. Wozzeck is an impoverished soldier driven insane by his manipulative superiors and his mistress' infidelity. In a jealous rage, he stabs her, then drowns when h...

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Corporate Authors: Arthaus Musik (Firm), Channel Four (Great Britain), Image Entertainment (Firm), Kultur International Films, NOS Television, Österreichischer Rundfunk (Performer), RM Arts (Firm), Reiner Moritz Associates, Teletheater, Wiener Staatsoper (Performer), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Performer)
Other Authors: Abbado, Claudio (Conductor), Behrens, Hildegard (Performer), Berg, Alban, 1885-1935, Büchner, Georg, 1813-1837, Dresen, Adolf, Gonda, Anna, 1950-, Grundheber, Franz (Performer), Haugland, Aage, 1944-2000 (Performer), Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010 (Performer), Large, Brian, Neuspiel, Ernst, Raffeiner, Walter (Performer), Zednik, Heinz (Performer)
Format: Unknown
Language:German
English
Published: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [1987], ©1987
West Long Branch, NJ : [2001]
West Long Branch, NJ : 2009
Subjects:
Operas
Filmed performances
Video recordings
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Summary:The story encompasses the gruesome detail, horror, passion, and torment that characterized works of the German Expressionist movement. Wozzeck is an impoverished soldier driven insane by his manipulative superiors and his mistress' infidelity. In a jealous rage, he stabs her, then drowns when he tries to wash the blood from his hands
Item Description:Book by the composer, based on the play by Georg Büchner
Originally produced in 1987
Region 1, NTSC, fullscreen; LPCM
"An ORF/ZDF/RM ARTS/CHANNEL 4 co-production with the Vienna State Opera and Teletheater in association with NOS-Television"--Container
Physical Description:1 videocassette (98 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 guide (1 page ; 19 cm)
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format:DVD format
DVD; Region 1, NTSC, 4:3 fullscreen; LPCM
VHS format
Production Credits:Camera, Helmut Fibich ... [et al.] ; editor, Gerhard Braunsberger ; ] ; producer, Adolf Dresen ; television producer, Ernst Neuspiel ; television director, Brian Large
Camera, Helmut Fibich ... [et al.] ; editor, Gerhard Braunsberger ; television producer, Ernst Neuspiel ; television director, Brian Large
ISBN:0769789706
1561270326
9780769789705

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