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What others say

"Musical delight - In the pit, Alejo Pérez emphasises the smallest details of this demanding and complex score. He delicately sculpts the motifs, makes the architecture perfectly legible - and takes the sound material in his hands to make it more than just a backdrop for the voices: an additional character that enters into dialogue with them."

Diapason Magazine, Anne Ibos-Augé, 3 June 2025, (Wozzeck, Opera Vlaanderen)

"The visually austere directorial concept allows the music to come to the fore, and you don't have to tell conductor Alejo Pérez twice. Wozzeck is a milestone of expressionist musical theatre and one of the first operas to flirt so explicitly with the limits of tonality. Berg uses extreme dynamics, abrupt silences, screeching contrasts and a tonal language full of abrasive dissonances to bring Wozzeck's psychosis and hopelessness to life. This is where the Argentine conductor goes full steam ahead: the blistering orchestral tension builds culminate in a finale that leaves no soul untouched."

Opernwelt, Lotte Thaler, 18 July 2025 (Wozzeck, Opera Vlaanderen)

"Berg's uncompromising masterpiece remains a sledgehammer blow even today. Simons and Pérez make it a mad show - in every sense of the word."

De Standaard, Bram van Haelter, 2 June 2025, (Wozzeck, Opera Vlaanderen)

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