Chicago Opera Review: WOZZECK (Lyric Opera)
WHAT'S UP WITH WOZZECK? Alban Berg's Wozzeck must have been quite shocking in 1925 at its first public performance in Berlin. Why? Musically, it's regarded as the first opera in the 20th-century avant-garde style, notable for its atonality and use of sprechgesang (more like spoken song than sung speech). They're both techniques made famous by […]