Opera In six scenes
Music by Alban Berg
Libretto adapted by THE comPOSER from tragedies by FRANZ WEDEKIND
(sung In German: records)
The second of Berg's two operas centres round the character of Lulu, whom Wedekind conceived as a symbol of pure sexual attraction. Rescued from the gutter as a child, Lulu is 20 years old when the opera begins, and already a wife and a mistress.
BERLIN OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted byKARL BÖHM
The action takes place In the 1890s.