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Opera

Wozzeck
Alban Berg
Alain Altinoglu, Christophe Coppens

Presentation
Opera

When composer Alban Berg saw Georg Büchner’s fragmentary theatre text performed in 1914, it inspired him to create an absolute masterpiece. Raw and unfiltered, Wozzeck shows us the dehumanization of a vulnerable individual who craves recognition and connection but is systematically rejected and abused.

In this new production, music director Alain Altinoglu and stage director Christophe Coppens delve deeper into the turbulent emotions of the soldier Wozzeck. As a maelstrom of violence and isolation gradually blurs the boundaries between past and present, reality and imagination, his splintered psyche slides towards a single inevitable thought: murder. When it premiered in 1925, Berg’s opera caused a real sensation. A century later, this haunting work proves that it has lost none of its relevance.

Are you under 30? Then attend this opera on the Young Opera Night (10.11.2026) and we treat you to a personal welcome, a free drink, a free digital programme book and an after-event or other surprise.

Dates & tickets

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Location

La Monnaie

Prices

Start ticket sale 28.8.2026

Language

Sung in German
Surtitles in Dutch, French and English

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Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

Oper in drei Akten
Text von Alban Berg,
nach dem Drama Woyzeck von Georg Büchner
Musik von Alban Berg
Premiere Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 14.12.1925

ConductorALAIN ALTINOGLU Director, Set, Costume & Lighting DesignerCHRISTOPHE COPPENS Set Design CollaboratorI.S.M.ARCHITECTEN

DramaturgesREINDER POLS, LALINA GODDARD Chorus MasterEMMANUEL TRENQUE

WozzeckSCOTT HENDRICKSMarieJENNIFER HOLLOWAYHauptmannMATTHIAS WOHLBRECHTDoktorMAGNUS PIONTEKTambourmajorCHRISTOPHER SOKOLOWSKIAndresDENZIL DELAEREMargaretRINAT SHAHAMErster HandwerksburschTREVOR ELIOT BOWESZweiter HandwerksburschLEANDER CARLIER° Der NarrLOGAN LOPEZ GONZALEZ°Ein SoldatAARON McINNIS

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
La Monnaie Children's and Youth Choirs, prepared by Benoît Giaux

°MM Laureate

ProductionDE MUNT / LA MONNAIE