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Lulu (composed from 1929 to 1935, premièred incomplete in 1937 and complete in 1979) is an opera in three acts by Alban Berg.Berg adapted the libretto from Frank Wedekind's two Lulu plays, Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1904). [1]
Four-part Canon Alban Berg an das Frankfurter Opernhaus, composed 1930 Lulu , composed 1929–35, orchestration of Act 3 completed by Friedrich Cerha Symphonische Stücke aus der Oper ‘Lulu’ ( Lulu-Suite ), soprano and orchestra, premièred under Kleiber in 1934
Alban Maria Johannes Berg (/ b ɛər ɡ / BAIRG, [1] German: [ˈalbaːn ˈbɛʁk]; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique . [ 2 ]
Both plays together also formed the basis for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg in 1935 (premiered posthumously in 1937). In the original manuscript, dating from 1894, the 'Lulu' drama was in five acts and subtitled 'A Monster Tragedy'. Wedekind subsequently divided the work into two plays: Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der ...
Alban Berg, Lulu, Stratas, Yvonne Minton, Hanna Schwarz, Franz Mazura, Kenneth Riegel, Robert Tear, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, cond. Pierre Boulez, Deutsche Grammophon, 1981; Teresa Stratas – The Unknown Kurt Weill, Nonesuch 79019; Stratas Sings Weill, Nonesuch 79131; September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill, Sony Classical, 1997
The two Lulu plays were combined for the silent film Pandora's Box (1929) and for Alban Berg's opera Lulu (1937). An Italian version by director Mario Missiroli was made in 1980, starring Stefania Sandrelli. Also in 1980, Michael Feingold adapted the play into Lulu for the American Repertory Theater. [14]
Constance Hauman (born 1961) is a soprano. She attended Northwestern University.Constance Hauman performed the title role in the live recording of Alban Berg's Lulu (Chandos) made in Copenhagen in 1996 at the Queen of Denmark's Castle.
Alban Berg: Lulu, 2004-2005 In the following years, he collaborated with some well-known Italian Orchestras (Orchestra Sinfonica di San Remo, Orchestra Regionale del Lazio). In 1999 he was then appointed as Music Director of the Teatro Massimo and held this title until 2003.