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West Edge Opera’s ‘Wozzeck’ is a brutal wake-up call — and one of the best shows you’ll see this year

Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck” may be opera’s ultimate story about what to avoid as a society. In stage director Elkhanah Pulitzer’s words, “the opera reveals how choices driven by war, greed, and disregard for life cascade downward, devastating those with the least freedom and agency.”

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