Berg: Lulu 20 years old

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 window 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."

Credits

Berg: Lulu Cast

Name	Character
Katharina Peetz	as Dresser
Alfred Muff He was 54, now 75 years old	as Dr. Schön

Berg: Lulu Crew

Name	Department
Thomas Grimm as Director. He was 50 (now 70) years old	Directing
Bernhard Fleischer as Producer. He was 53 (now 73) years old	Production
Rolf Glittenberg as Set Designer.	Art
Jürgen Hoffmann as Lighting Design. He was 38 (now 59) years old	Lighting