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BERG<br />
Wozzeck<br />
in Tel Aviv<br />
Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, a milestone<br />
<strong>of</strong> 20th century operatic history, is<br />
to see its first ever performance in<br />
Israel: a new production <strong>of</strong> this masterpiece<br />
is being mounted by <strong>the</strong><br />
Israel Opera in Tel Aviv in cooperation<br />
with <strong>the</strong> Wiesbadener Maifestspiele.<br />
This complex and highly expressive<br />
opera, inspired by Georg Büchner's<br />
dramatic fragment Woyzeck, was<br />
composed between 1914 and 1921<br />
and was premièred with overwhelming<br />
success by Erich Kleiber on 14<br />
December 1925 at <strong>the</strong> Deutsche<br />
Staatsoper Berlin; it has since gone<br />
on to become one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most performed<br />
classical stage works <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
modern era.<br />
In Tel Aviv, <strong>the</strong> Israel Opera will be<br />
performing Wozzeck as staged by<br />
Manfred Beilharz, a production<br />
which was premièred in April 2003<br />
in Wiesbaden and was celebrated<br />
by audiences and <strong>the</strong> press with<br />
equal enthusiasm. Ascher Fisch will<br />
conduct <strong>the</strong> Israel SO and Andreas<br />
Scheibner will sing <strong>the</strong> title role in<br />
nine performances at <strong>the</strong> Tel Aviv<br />
Performing Arts Center (16, 17, 18, 19,<br />
21, 22, 24, 25 and 26 February 2005).<br />
berg<br />
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