Berg: Lulu
movie
View on VideBits →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."
Cast & crew
Alfred Muff · Andrea Bönig · Cornelia Kallisch · Guido Götzen · Katharina Peetz · Laura Aikin · Peter Keller · Peter Straka · Rolf Haunstein · Steve Davislim · Sven-Eric Bechtolf · Thomas Grimm · Alban Berg · Frank Wedekind