1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper.
Claudio Abbado
as Self - Conductor
Franz Grundheber
as Wozzeck
Walter Raffeiner
as Der Tambourmajor
Philip Langridge
as Andres
Heinz Zednik
as Der Hauptmann
Aage Haugland
as Der Doktor
Anna Gonda
as Marguerete
Hildegard Behrens
as Marie
