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.

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)