Opera night at the BSO, as WCRB tells us:
Saturday, March 12, and Monday, March 21, 2022
8:00 PMTonight at 8pm, Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Austrian composer’s 1925 opera "Wozzeck," starring soprano Christine Goerke as Marie and baritone Bo Skovhus as the title character.
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Cast to include
Bo Skovhus, baritone (Wozzeck)
Christine Goerke, soprano (Marie)
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano (Margret)
Christopher Ventris, tenor (Drum Major)
Mauro Peter, tenor (Andres)
Franz Hawlata, bass (Doctor)BERG Wozzeck
See a translation of the Wozzeck libretto.
For a synopsis and notes, visit the BSO.
Click on the player above to hear Christine Goerke talk with CRB's Ron Della Chiesa about singing the role of Marie in Wozzeck, how film music opened up the emotion of the opera for her, and the camaraderie she shares with her colleagues. She begins by describing her debut with the Boston Symphony, singing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and an unexpected encounter backstage.
Interview transcript:
On WCRB's page, "visit the BSO" has a link to the BSO's own program detail. which I definitely recommend having with you if you listen.
The Intelligencer has a mixed review, on balance favorable though. The Globe's review finds no fault.
Alban Berg's music is "difficult" to mmy ears. I heard this opera when the Metropolitan Opera broadcast a performance 60 or more years ago, and I didn't like it. I'm not sure if I'll listen this evening, but I'll probably leave the radio on.
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