Film
Alban Berg: Lulu
2012 · 2h 53m
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Overview
Vera Nemirova’s challenging production of Berg’s operatic masterpiece Lulu won critical acclaim when first seen at the Salzburg Festival in 2010. It was successfully repeated in 2011, when the production was filmed for DVD. Supporting Nemirova’s powerful vision of corruption, decadence and death are the highly praised set designs by the young artist Daniel Richter. Musically, the production is led with style and assurance by the brilliant German conductor Marc Albrecht, currently director of the Netherlands Opera. Singing Lulu with allure and passion is the lauded French soprano Patricia Petibon, whose charms grip an outstanding cast of top European singers. Berg’s score is performed in the completed version by the Austrian composer Friedrich Cerha.
Cast
Patricia Petitbon
Lulu
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Countess Geschwitz
Pavol Breslik
The Painter / A Negro
Cora Burggraaf
A Theatrical Dresser / A High-School Boy / A Groom
Michael Volle
Dr Schön, Editor-in-chief / Jack the Ripper
Thomas Piffka
Alwa
Franz Grundheber
Schigolch
Thomas Johannes Mayer
An Animal Tamer / An Athlete
Heinz Zednik
The Prince / The Manservant
Andreas Conrad
The Marquis
Martin Tzonev
The Theatre Manager / The Banker
Emilie Pictet
A Fifteen-year-old girl
Cornelia Wulkopf
Her mother
Details
- Release date
- May 1, 2012
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 53m
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