Event Overview
After wowing audiences with his astounding production of Luluin 2015, South African artist William Kentridge now focuses his extraordinary visual imagination on Berg’s other operatic masterpiece, set in an apocalyptic pre–World War I environment.
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguinis on the podium for this important event, with baritone Peter Mattei making his highly anticipated role debut as the title character. Soprano Elza van den Heeveris Wozzeck’s unfaithful mate, and the commanding cast also includes tenor Christopher Ventris as the Drum-Major, bass-baritone Christian Van Hornas the Doctor, and tenor Gerhard Siegel as the Captain.
