Name: Lulu
Start: 2001-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2001-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Singer

Allan Glassman

No role specified

Clifton Forbis

Michael Devlin

Franz Mazura

Conductor

James Levine

Soprano

Christine Schäfer

Lulu

Mezzo-soprano

Hanna Schwarz

Countess Geschwitz

Bass-baritone

James Courtney

Dr Schon

Tenor

David Kuebler

Alwa

The Metropolitan Opera

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

From "James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met" CD box set. Christine Schäfer sings the title role in Berg’s twelve-tone masterpiece—the femme fatale who so enthralls admirers both male and female that they are powerless to halt their own destruction. Among them are Dr. Schön (James Courtney) and his son Alwa (David Kuebler), the Countess Geschwitz (Hanna Schwarz), the Painter (Clifton Forbis), two princes, an acrobat, and a schoolboy. But the magnetic Lulu is the emotional vortex around which everything revolves—all the way through her own downward spiral, until she is brutally murdered by Jack the Ripper. Maestro James Levine brings unparalleled insight and unexpected lyricism to the score, leading a powerful performance.

Lulu Berg

Public

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading