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During the lull between the French Revolution's first and second terrors, Georges Danton regrets creating the Revolutionary Tribunal and urges an end to its killings. Robespierre and Saint-Just turn public opinion against him, and Danton and his supporters are condemned and executed. His wife Julie poisons herself, while Lucile Desmoulins' public grief seals her own fate.
During the French Revolution, Georges Danton opposes the Revolutionary Tribunal he helped establish, but Robespierre and Saint-Just turn the government against him. Danton and his supporters are condemned and executed, while Julie poisons herself and Lucile Desmoulins is arrested after her public grief.
During the French Revolution, Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins call for an end to the daily executions. Robespierre and Saint-Just decide they must be killed. Danton refuses to flee, is tried and guillotined with Camille, and Lucile is arrested after crying “Long live the king.”
Kenneth MacMillan created this one-act ballet for the Royal Ballet, setting Georg Büchner's play Woyzeck to music by Anton Webern and Arnold Schoenberg.
A one-act chamber opera about poet Jakob Lenz, based on Georg Büchner’s novella, which itself draws on an incident in Lenz’s life.
Prince Leonce and Princess Lena separately flee their arranged marriage. They meet while traveling in Italy, fall in love, and return disguised as automatons to their wedding, where their identities are revealed.
An opera by Paul Dessau based on Georg Büchner’s play of the same name.
Soldier Franz Woyzeck supports Marie and their child with menial work and medical experiments. As his mental health deteriorates, Marie turns to a drum major; Woyzeck confronts and is humiliated by him, then stabs Marie by a pond. Büchner’s fragment ends with Woyzeck trying to clean the blood from the knife and dispose of it.
Soldier Wozzeck is mocked by his Captain, subjected to a Doctor’s experiments, and troubled by visions as he struggles with poverty. His partner Marie accepts earrings from the Drum Major and begins an affair with him. Wozzeck suspects Marie’s infidelity, sees her dancing with the Drum Major, and is beaten by him. After confronting Marie, Wozzeck takes her to a pond and cuts her throat. He throws the knife into the water and drowns while trying to retrieve or conceal it. The next morning, children learn that Marie is dead; her son follows them to see her body.
During the lull between the French Revolution's first and second terrors, Georges Danton regrets creating the Revolutionary Tribunal and urges an end to its killings. Robespierre and Saint-Just turn public opinion against him, and Danton and his supporters are condemned and executed. His wife Julie poisons herself, while Lucile Desmoulins' public grief seals her own fate.
During the French Revolution, Georges Danton opposes the Revolutionary Tribunal he helped establish, but Robespierre and Saint-Just turn the government against him. Danton and his supporters are condemned and executed, while Julie poisons herself and Lucile Desmoulins is arrested after her public grief.
During the French Revolution, Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins call for an end to the daily executions. Robespierre and Saint-Just decide they must be killed. Danton refuses to flee, is tried and guillotined with Camille, and Lucile is arrested after crying “Long live the king.”
Kenneth MacMillan created this one-act ballet for the Royal Ballet, setting Georg Büchner's play Woyzeck to music by Anton Webern and Arnold Schoenberg.
A one-act chamber opera about poet Jakob Lenz, based on Georg Büchner’s novella, which itself draws on an incident in Lenz’s life.
Prince Leonce and Princess Lena separately flee their arranged marriage. They meet while traveling in Italy, fall in love, and return disguised as automatons to their wedding, where their identities are revealed.
An opera by Paul Dessau based on Georg Büchner’s play of the same name.
Soldier Franz Woyzeck supports Marie and their child with menial work and medical experiments. As his mental health deteriorates, Marie turns to a drum major; Woyzeck confronts and is humiliated by him, then stabs Marie by a pond. Büchner’s fragment ends with Woyzeck trying to clean the blood from the knife and dispose of it.
Soldier Wozzeck is mocked by his Captain, subjected to a Doctor’s experiments, and troubled by visions as he struggles with poverty. His partner Marie accepts earrings from the Drum Major and begins an affair with him. Wozzeck suspects Marie’s infidelity, sees her dancing with the Drum Major, and is beaten by him. After confronting Marie, Wozzeck takes her to a pond and cuts her throat. He throws the knife into the water and drowns while trying to retrieve or conceal it. The next morning, children learn that Marie is dead; her son follows them to see her body.