Lulu opera in three acts : after the tragedies "Erdgeist" and "Büchse der Pandora" by Frank Wedekind
Title
Lulu [sound recording] : opera in three acts : after the tragedies "Erdgeist" and "Büchse der Pandora" by Frank Wedekind / text and music by Alban Berg ; Act III edited and orchestrated by Friedrich Cerha.
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; closing (Allen) -- CD 4. Opera news on the air: Robert Marx speaks with Metropolitan Opera General Manager Joseph Volpe ; synopsis of Act 2 (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Steven Blier, host, with Cori Ellison, Lofti Mansouri and Terrence McNally) ; synopsis of Act 3 (Allen).
Call number
*LDC 27397
Note
Subtitle from house program.
Compact discs.
Performer (note)
Christine Schäfer (Lulu) ; Hanna Schwarz (Countess Geschwitz) ; David Kuebler (Alwa) ; Clifton Forbis (The painter, The African prince) ; James Courtney (Dr. Schön, Jack the Ripper) ; Stephen West (The animal tamer, The acrobat) ; Franz Mazura (Schigolch) ; Katharine Goeldner (The wardrobe mistress, The schoolboy, The page) ; Gary Rideout (The prince, The manservant, The marquis) ; Richard Vernon (The theater manager, The banker) ; Kristine Winkler (Fifteen-year old-Girl) ; Jane Shaulis (Her mother) ; Jane Dutton (Designer) ; Daniel Sutin (Journalist) ; LeRoy Lehr (Servant) ; Mitchell Sendrowitz (The physician, The professor) ; Abe Marcus (Clown) ; David Brimmer (Police commissioner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 20, 2002.
Source (note)
Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
Sung in German.
Author
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935.
Title
Lulu [sound recording] : opera in three acts : after the tragedies "Erdgeist" and "Büchse der Pandora" by Frank Wedekind / text and music by Alban Berg ; Act III edited and orchestrated by Friedrich Cerha.
Imprint
[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2001.
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Apr. 20, 2002.
Cast
Christine Schäfer (Lulu) ; Hanna Schwarz (Countess Geschwitz) ; David Kuebler (Alwa) ; Clifton Forbis (The painter, The African prince) ; James Courtney (Dr. Schön, Jack the Ripper) ; Stephen West (The animal tamer, The acrobat) ; Franz Mazura (Schigolch) ; Katharine Goeldner (The wardrobe mistress, The schoolboy, The page) ; Gary Rideout (The prince, The manservant, The marquis) ; Richard Vernon (The theater manager, The banker) ; Kristine Winkler (Fifteen-year old-Girl) ; Jane Shaulis (Her mother) ; Jane Dutton (Designer) ; Daniel Sutin (Journalist) ; LeRoy Lehr (Servant) ; Mitchell Sendrowitz (The physician, The professor) ; Abe Marcus (Clown) ; David Brimmer (Police commissioner) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 20, 2002.