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Wozzeck | Cecilia Durbin - Lighting Designer

Wozzeck

 

 

This opera by Berg based on Buchner’s play of the same name asks the question what drives a man to murder.  Neither Buchner nor Berg let either the audience or Wozzeck off easily as many factors coincide in the life of one man.  We chose to move our production into a more modern urban setting, where the closest thing to nature is an unfinished overpass.  Integrated lighted signs within the set itself further disorient Wozzeck and show the many directions in which he finds himself pulled.  The acidic color scheme shows more of the sickness of the world that Wozzeck and Marie cannot escape.

Wozzeck shaves the Captain
Cutting Sticks with Andres

 

The Doctor’s Office

 

Marie flirts with the Drum Major
The Drum Major beats Wozzeck in a fight

 

Wozzeck goes into the water after his knife

 

 

The Doctor urges speed, the Captain suggests slowing down

 

Marie reads her Bible
Wozzeck sees Marie with the Drum Major

 

Wozzeck prepares to stab Marie

 

Marie’s child does not go to see his mother’s body

 

The Team

 

Composer – 

Director –

Scenic Design – 

Alban Berg

Ray Zilberberg

Brittany Vasta

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