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27/02/2016

Alban Berg's Lulu

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, From the Met, Alban Berg's Lulu

Lothar Koenigs conducts Alban Berg's Lulu, starring Marlis Petersen and Susan Graham.

Lothar Koenigs conducts Alban Berg's dramatic 12-tone opera Lulu at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. With Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Paul Groves and Johan Reuter.

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Berg's dramatic twelve-tone opera Lulu. Marlis Petersen sings Berg's complex heroine who sexually and emotionally dominates every character she comes into contact with. Working her way through three husbands and numerous lovers, including a Painter, a Prince and a Countess, Lulu eventually becomes a prostitute and is murdered by one of her clients, Jack the Ripper. Marlis Petersen lead a top cast including Susan Graham, Paul Groves and Johan Reuter, conducted by Lothar Koenigs.

Presented by Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff.

Recorded on 21st November 2015.

Berg: Lulu

Lulu ..... Marlis Petersen (soprano)
Countess Geschwitz ..... Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
Alwa, Dr. Schön's son ..... Daniel Brenna (tenor)
Painter/African Prince ..... Paul Groves (tenor)
Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper ..... Johan Reuter (bass-baritone)
Animal trainer/Acrobat ..... Martin Winkler (baritone)
Schigolch ..... Franz Grundheber (baritone)
Wardrobe mistress/Schoolboy/Page ..... Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano)
Prince/Manservant/Marquis ..... Alan Oke (baritone)
Theatre manager/Banker ..... Julian Close (bass)
Fifteen-year-old girl ..... Ashley Emerson (soprano)
Her mother ..... Jane Shaulis (mezzo-soprano)
Designer ..... Kathryn Day (mezzo-soprano)
Journalist ..... Tyler Duncan (baritone)
Servant ..... Paul Corona (bass)
Physician/Professor/Police Commissioner ..... James Courtney (bass-baritone)
Solo performers ..... Joanna Dudley, Andrea Fabi

The Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
The Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Lothar Koenigs (conductor).

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