Release Date

01 Jan, 2004

Runtime

02:44: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Recorded at Opernhaus Zürich, November 2002.

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."

Original Title

Berg: Lulu

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Actors

Laura Aikin

Cornelia Kallisch

Peter Keller

Steve Davislim

Alfred Muff

Peter Straka

Guido Götzen

Andrea Bönig

Katharina Peetz

Rolf Haunstein

Martin Zysset

Werner Gröschel

Lynn Lange

Crew

Rolf Glittenberg

Marianne Glittenberg

Jürgen Hoffmann

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Bernhard Fleischer

Thomas Grimm

Franz Welser-Möst

Frank Wedekind

Alban Berg