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Alban Berg's Lulu

on BBC Radio 3

A recording of the complete three-act version made this summer at the Santa Fe Opera, New Mexico, USA.
Libretto by The Composer, based on texts by Frank Wedekind
English translation by Arthur Jacobs
The orchestration of the third act completed by Friedrich Cerha

Cast for Acts 1 and 2:
Santa Fe Opera Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson-Thomas
Act 1
Prologue; Scene 1: Lulu's first husband dies of a heart attack; Scene 2: Lulu's second husband commits suicide; Scene 3: Lulu breaks the will of the man whose mistress she has been, Dr Schon.

8.30* Letter from Santa Fe: When it's Springtime in the Rockies
Andrew Porter talks about summer opera in America.

8.50* Lulu, Act 2
Scene 1: Lulu murders Dr Schon and is arrested; Scene 2: Lulu, now escaped from prison, becomes the mistress of Dr Schorl's son. Alwa.

Contributors

Translation By:
Arthur Jacobs
Unknown:
Friedrich Cerha
Conducted By:
Michael Tilson-Thomas
Unknown:
Andrew Porter

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