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Based on Georg Büchner’s play Woyzeck, Berg’s opera is a harrowing and brilliant critique of the cycles of suffering imposed by systems of power, laced with moments of wry humor that expose the absurdity of human folly. It reveals how decisions driven by war, greed, and disregard for human lives cascade downward, devastating the less fortunate while reflecting on universal struggles that resonate across time. Berg’s expressionist opera is acknowledged as the most important of the early 20th century.

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Wozzeck

West Edge Opera

The final concert will open with Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, with the Festival Chorus, and soloists Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano; Angela Moser, soprano, and Anders Froehlich, baritone. Fauré wrote of the 1888 work, “Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest.”

After intermission, vocal soloist mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen will sing Ravel’s rich and voluptuous Shéhérazade song cycle. The Festival Chorus will join the orchestra in Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, a choreographic symphony for orchestra and wordless chorus, sometimes described as Ravel’s orchestral masterpiece.

Festival Orchestra and Chorus

Mendocino Music Festival

Susan Waterfall will play Sonatine. Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano, will be joined by Daniel Lockert on piano for Deux melodies hébraïques. Harpist Anna Maria Mendieta will be joined by a small group of string and woodwind players to perform the chamber piece, Introduction et Allegro. On Chansons Madécasses, Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano, will be joined by Mindy Rosenfeld, flute; Stephen Harrison, cello; and Daniel Lockert, piano. In closing, Carolyn Steinbuck, piano, and Sam Weiser, violin, will play the Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major.

Ravel: The Attraction of Modernism, featuring Susan Waterfall

Preston Hall

From the composer who created “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” Ariane & Bluebeard is a fascinating symbolist examination of the psychology of violence and the obstacles of self-liberation. Dukas’ masterpiece is a follow up to our production of Pelléas & Mélisande and can be considered a prequel to that opera.

Mezzo-soprano

Silvie Jensen

Events

Past events

9 - 17 Aug, 2025

Wozzeck · West Edge Opera

Jul 29, 2023

Festival Orchestra and Chorus · Mendocino Music Festival

Future and recently performed repertoire

Margret in Wozzeck by Berg

West Edge Opera

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