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Opera in six scenes
Music by Alban Berg
Libretto adapted by the composer, from tragedies by FRANZ Wedekind Sung In German: on records
BERLIN OPERA ORCHESTRA Conducted by KARL Bohm
The action takes place in the 1890. Act 1
Prologue Before the curtain Scene 1 The Artist's studio
Scene 2 An elegant apartment
Scene 3 A theatre dressing-room

Contributors

Music By:
Alban Berg
Conducted By:
Karl Bohm
An animal trainer:
Gerd Feldhoff (bass)
Alwa, a writer:
Donald Grobe (tenor)
Dr. Schon, an editor, Alwa's father:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Lulu:
Evelyn Lear (soprano)
The Artist:
Loren Driscoll (tenor)
The Doctor:
Walther Dicks (speaking Part)
Schigolch an old man:
Josef Greindl (bass)
The Prince, a traveller from Africa:
Karl-Ernst Mercker (tenor)
A theatre dresser:
Alice Oelke (contralto)
The theatre director:
Ernst Krukowski (bass)
Countess Geschwitz:
Patrcha Johnson (mezzo-Soprano)
Rodrigo, an athlete:
Gerd Feldhoff (bass)
A student:
Barbara Scherler (contralto)
A manservant:
Leopold Clam (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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