"Wozzeck," A Conversation with Sir David McVicar

Alban Berg’s classic opera – "Wozzeck" – still has the power to take your breath away. Sir David McVicar brings a new creative vision to the Lyric Opera of Chicago this November. "Wozzeck" has long been treated as an expressionist masterpiece, but McVicar and the extraordinary team at the Lyric have put the opera back in its context – as a product and expression of the political chaos and despair following World War I. McVicar and Lyric’s general director, Anthony Freud will provide a preview of this powerful interpretation.

This program is presented in partnership with Lyric Unlimited.

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