Berg: Lulu

Berg: Lulu

Recorded at Opernhaus Zürich, November 2002.

2004 · 164 min · ★ 6.0 · Music

Since its premiere on 2 June 1937 in Zurich, Alban Berg's second opera "Lulu" has the reputation of being surrounded by scandals. On the one hand, this is due to the dubious character of the subject, the man-eating femme fatale, which Berg had taken from Frank Wedekind's two Lulu tragedies – "The Earth Spirit" and "Pandora's Box" – and combined into one opera libretto. On the other hand, Berg's widow had (for personal reasons) repeatedly refused to have the opera completed, which was unfinished when Berg died. This video is of the unfinished two-act torso of "Lulu."

Directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf · Written by Frank Wedekind

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Laura Aikin Lulu
Cornelia Kallisch Countess Geschwitz
Peter Keller Medical Specialist
Steve Davislim Painter
Alfred Muff Dr. Schön
Peter Straka Alwa
Guido Götzen Schigolch
Andrea Bönig Schoolboy
Katharina Peetz Dresser
Rolf Haunstein Animal Trainer/Acrobat
Martin Zysset Prince/Manservant
Werner Gröschel Theatre Director

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