Peter Mussbach's highly stylized production is an agonizing lament over lost innocence. Dale Duesing, in the title role, is a charismatic, agile performer and Kristine Ciesninski, as Marie, is a consummate singer and actress of Berg's work.

 

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"(Dale) Duesing is an astonishingly attractive Wozzeck, investing the earlier scenes with an intense lyricism that they rarely get; as a result, his descent into hell has more sense of progression than it often has. Kristine Ciesinski provides an equally sympathetic reading of Marie, and the surrounding characters play with just the right menace."
- Peter J. Rabinowitz, Fanfare