Reich’ + Szyber’s staging of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck at the Norrland Opera in October 2011, has been selected for the program The Best of European Opera. The program and the TV adaptation of the set which is produced by Ditte Feuk on Swedish National Television, will be broadcast on 16 March SVT2 at 19: 20.

The Best of European Opera selects the season’s highlights from both small and large opera houses. The purpose is to show the audience a taste of the best productions and the  breadth of European scenes. The program is a collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union and broadcast throughout Europe. The Norrland Opera production of Wozzeck has in the program been joined by among others Il Trittico from The Royal Opera House in London and Den Norske Opera’s set of La Bohême.

Tragedy, sick humor and social criticism
Reich + Szyber has directed Wozzeck, and also designed the set and the costumes. They describe the opera as a tragedy in which all the characters move towards their inevitable destruction and death, but also as an opus full of sick humor and social criticism.