03 Sep 2010
Opera Noir: Alban Berg’s ‘Wozzeck’ — From the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129604139
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129604139
By Bruce Scott [NPR, 3 September 2010]
It's difficult to compare Alban Berg’s searing yet beautiful drama Wozzeck with just about any other opera, much less with other forms of dramatic entertainment. Yet there is one comparison that may be appropriate.