Name: Lulu
Start: 2015-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nationaltheater

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Organization

Cantor

Soprano

Marlis Petersen

Lulu

Mezzo-soprano

Daniela Sindram

Gräfin Geschwitz

Contralto

Rachael Wilson

Ein Theatergardrobiere

Ein Gymnasiast

Ein Groom

Spoken

Christian Rieger

Der Medizinalrat

Baixo

Der Bankier

Silent

Der Professor

Tenor

Rainer Trost

Der Maler

Ein Neger

Baixo-barítono

Bo Skovhus

Dr Schön

Jack the Ripper

Matthias Klink

Alwa

Martin Winkler

Der Tierbändiger

Rodrigo (Ein Athlet)

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

Der Prinz

Der Kammerdiener

Der Marquis

Christoph Stephinger

Der Theaterdirektor

Elsa Benoit

Eine Fünfzehnjährige

Cornelia Wulkopf

Ihre Mutter

Heike Grötzinger

Die Kunstgewerblerin

Barítono

John Carpenter

Ein Journalist

Leonard Bernad

Nicholas Reinke

Der Polizeikommissär

Pavlo Hunka

Schigolch

Maestro

Kirill Petrenko

Diretor de Palco

Dmitri Tcherniakov

Estilista

Elena Zaitseva

Cenógrafo

Bayerische Staatsoper

alemão

Munique

Alemanha

Nationaltheater

The new Bayerische Staatsoper production of Lulu, Alban Berg’s opera, describes the sometimes bright and often bestial intensity of human relations. Intoxicatingly enigmatic and deadly for those close to her, Lulu’s secret goes with her unto death. Frank Wedekind’s work provided fertile ground for the composer to create this striking opera, considered as one of the major works of the 20th century. Kirill Petrenko conducts this new production, staged by one of the greatest contemporary stage directors, Dmitri Tcherniakov, with Marlis Petersen and Bo Skovhus in the starring roles

At the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Kirill Petrenko conducts this new production of Alban Berg's Lulu, directed for stage by Dmitri Tcherniakov and starring the soprano Marlis Petersen (Lulu).

Lulu is a femme fatale, a maneater. She marries men and then kills them, one after another, or pushes them to commit suicide. This opera, which mixes forbidden love stories, crimes and decadence of the heroine, is one of the greatest operas of the 20th century. Alban Berg died before he had a chance to bring his third act to an end, and the opera was premiered at the Zurich Opera House in 1937, two years after the composer's death. The piece shocked the audience and was far from being acclaimed by the critics. In 1979, Friedrich Cerha achieved the orchestration of the third act.

Alban Berg used the themes from two of Frank Wedekind's plays, Pandora's Box and Earth Spirit, which both were forbidden in Germany. Lulu's philosophical and sociological significance seems to denounce the nonsense of a society in search for modernity, trying to deal with the confusion of the values and the search for the power.

The staging of this new production is by one of the greatest Russian stage directors of the moment, Dmitri Tcherniakov, who staged a beautiful Wozzeck at the Bolchoi a few years ago. The conductor, Kirill Petrenko, is the Bayerische Staatsoper's musical director, and Opera Magazine described him as "one of the most passionate [conductors] of his generation". The cast stars coloratura soprano Marlis Petersen, singing Lulu – one of the most important roles of her career – a role that she performed in the greatest opera theatres worldwide.

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