Wozzeck: Wretches Like Us
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XX , [Venue Details]Alban Berg’s devastating opera thrums with drama: feel its power at this collaboration between the London Philharmonic Orchestra and film-maker Ilya Shagalov.
‘Wretches like us – we’ll always be cursed, in this world and the next.’
Poor Wozzeck is at the bottom of the heap – an underdog made for kicking, and an easy target for the powerful, the cynical, and the cruel. Alban Berg’s devastating opera tells the story of a man pushed to breaking point, in some of the most searching – and searing – music of the 20th century.
Film-maker and video artist Ilya Shagalov reads Berg’s opera through the lens of the fragile migrant body – a body that works, cares, obeys, and breaks.
Wozzeck is a story about a man crushed by forces larger than himself. In the UK today, this figure is instantly recognisable: the invisible worker whose life is shaped by the pressure to survive.
Commissioned by the Southbank Centre and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Concert supported by a syndicate of donors.
Performers
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Edward Gardner - conductor
- Stéphane Degout - baritone, Wozzeck
- Annette Dasch - soprano, Marie
- Peter Hoare - tenor, Captain
- Brindley Sherratt - bass, Doctor
- Christopher Ventris - tenor, Drum Major
- Eirik Grøtvedt - tenor, Andres
- Kitty Whately - contralto, Margret
- Adrian Thompson - tenor, The Fool
- London Voices
Repertoire
Berg: Wozzeck - opera in 3 acts (semi-staged)
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Admission
Min: £13.25
Max: £57.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner - conductor
Other key names: London Voices
Age restriction: For ages 7+, U12's must be accompanied by an adult
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Wozzeck: Wretches Like Us
Saturday, 25 Apr 2026 @7.30pm
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XXMore Information
Alban Berg’s devastating opera thrums with drama: feel its power at this collaboration between the London Philharmonic Orchestra and film-maker Ilya Shagalov.
‘Wretches like us – we’ll always be cursed, in this world and the next.’
Poor Wozzeck is at the bottom of the heap – an underdog made for kicking, and an easy target for the powerful, the cynical, and the cruel. Alban Berg’s devastating opera tells the story of a man pushed to breaking point, in some of the most searching – and searing – music of the 20th century.
Film-maker and video artist Ilya Shagalov reads Berg’s opera through the lens of the fragile migrant body – a body that works, cares, obeys, and breaks.
Wozzeck is a story about a man crushed by forces larger than himself. In the UK today, this figure is instantly recognisable: the invisible worker whose life is shaped by the pressure to survive.
Commissioned by the Southbank Centre and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Concert supported by a syndicate of donors.
Performers
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Edward Gardner - conductor
- Stéphane Degout - baritone, Wozzeck
- Annette Dasch - soprano, Marie
- Peter Hoare - tenor, Captain
- Brindley Sherratt - bass, Doctor
- Christopher Ventris - tenor, Drum Major
- Eirik Grøtvedt - tenor, Andres
- Kitty Whately - contralto, Margret
- Adrian Thompson - tenor, The Fool
- London Voices
Repertoire
Berg: Wozzeck - opera in 3 acts (semi-staged)
Admission
Min: £13.25
Max: £57.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner - conductor
Other key names: London Voices
Age restriction: For ages 7+, U12's must be accompanied by an adult
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