597391
597391

Berg: Lulu

"Recorded at Opernhaus Zürich, November 2002."

2004-01-01
6
en 164m
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."

Lighting Design

Jürgen Hoffmann

Conductor

Franz Welser-Möst

Director

Thomas Grimm

Director

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Set Designer

Rolf Glittenberg

Costume Design

Marianne Glittenberg

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Status

Released

Countries

  • Switzerland

Companies

  • Opernhaus Zürich