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Opera on 3: Live from the Met: Berg's Lulu

Berg's Lulu

08/05/2010

Live from the Met

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Live from the Met, Berg's Lulu

Soprano Marlis Petersen as the scandalous femme fatale in Berg's opera.

From the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Fabio Luisi conducts soprano Marlis Petersen as Lulu, the eponymous scandalous femme fatale of Berg's opera Lulu.

An animal trainer presents to his audience the wonderful wild beasts they're are about to see. There's a tiger, a bear and - last but not least - a dangerous serpent - who will mesmerise, seduce and kill, and who eventually get murdered by Jack the Ripper. 

Berg's Lulu, live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, conducted by Fabio Luisi.

Marlis Petersen plays the scandalous femme fatale of the title, a role for which she has won international acclaim. Anne Sofie von Otter sings Countess Geschwitz, Gary Lehman is Alwa and James Morris is Dr. SchÃ¶n.

Presented by Margaret Juntwait with Ira Siff as guest commentator. There will be live backstage interviews and the Met Quiz during the two intervals.

Lulu ..... Marlis Petersen (soprano)
Countess Geschwitz ..... Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Alwa ..... Gary Lehman (tenor)
Painter ..... Michael Schade (tenor)
Animal Trainer/Acrobat ..... David Pittsinger (bass)
Dr. Schon/Jack the Ripper ..... James Morris (baritone)
Wardrobe Mistress/Schoolboy/Page ..... Ginger Costa-Jackson (soprano)
Prince/Manservant/Marquis ..... Graham Clark (tenor)
Schigolch ..... Gwynne Howell (bass)
Theatre Manager/Banker ..... James Courtney (bass)
Mother ..... Jane Shaulis (mezzo-soprano)
Designer ...... Edyta Kulczak (mezzo-soprano)
Journalist ..... Joshua Benaim (baritone)
Servant ..... LeRoy Lehr (bass)
Fabio Luisi ..... Conductor
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