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Alban Berg’s 20th Century masterpiece ‘Wozzeck’ – premiered in Berlin in 1925 as scandal – returns under Barenboim in 2011 with many ovations! – OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Opera reviewer Filip van der Plas

Sunday, April 17th, 2011
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Alban Berg’s opera ‘Wozzeck’, had its world premiere in Berlin, at what at that time was known as the ‘Berlin State Opera’ on 14 December 1925.
It  caused a veritable scandal before during and after its performance– both because of its atonality and its modern and radical politcal story line. [ It was later banned in the 3rd Reich as so-called 'decandent-art' -  this is sort of  [...] Continue Reading…