1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner’s 1837 play, Alban Berg’s Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper.
Length 97 minutes
Claudio Abbado | Heinz Zednik | Franz Grundheber | Hildegard Behrens | Aage Haugland | Philip Langridge | Walter Raffeiner | Anna Gonda