Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of World War I, will break your heart with a score that captures the essence of opera. By Joshua Barone His skill in completing Alban Berg’s “Lulu ...

One of the worst times of a military deployment is the holidays. No matter how big the care packages are, no matter what special food they whip up in the chow hall, most soldiers are thinking of home ...

Donald Macleod surveys the life, loves and music of Alban Berg. As a youngster, Berg loved the music of Brahms, Mahler and Richard Strauss and composed 34 songs as a teenager. Maybe this would have ...

' I was very much intrigued by blaxploitation movies when working on American Lulu," says Olga Neuwirth. This isn't quite what I expected from one of Austria's most respected, serious and established ...

There's always been an aura of mystery to Alban Berg's Lyric Suite. We didn't learn the strange details of its story until long after Berg died, but in fact they were right there all along, written ...

Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th century. It is certainly one of the most powerful, and its emotional impact remains as strong today as ...

Even knowing what would be inside the box did not prepare me for the velocity of the shiver down my spine. That elegant face, familiar from countless photographs. Eyes serenely closed. Lips gently ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Is Wozzeck, the eponymous soldier-protagonist in Alban Berg's dark opera truly deranged or is he the ...

Among Berg's works are some enriching pieces to get to grips with and in most of them, behind the atonality, are glimpses of the more conventional worlds of Mahler and Richard Strauss. Berg is the ...

Donald Macleod surveys the life, loves and music of Alban Berg. As a youngster, Berg loved the music of Brahms, Mahler and Richard Strauss and composed 34 songs as a teenager. Maybe this would have ...