The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu

The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu

202 mins | Music | Nov. 21, 2015

William Kentridge’s multi-layered production of Berg’s masterpiece stars charismatic soprano Marlis Petersen in the title role—the enigmatic and alluring woman who is equal parts femme fatale, innocent girl, and abused victim. The men around her, whose lives she forever alters, are Johan Reuter as newspaper publisher Dr. Schön; Daniel Brenna as his composer son, Alwa; Paul Groves as the Painter; and Franz Grundheber as Schigolch. Susan Graham sings Countess Geschwitz, and Lothar Koenigs conducts Berg’s landmark score.

The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu

202 mins | Music | Nov. 21, 2015

The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu
William Kentridge’s multi-layered production of Berg’s masterpiece stars charismatic soprano Marlis Petersen in the title role—the enigmatic and alluring woman who is equal parts femme fatale, innocent girl, and abused victim. The men around her, whose lives she forever alters, are Johan Reuter as newspaper publisher Dr. Schön; Daniel Brenna as his composer son, Alwa; Paul Groves as the Painter; and Franz Grundheber as Schigolch. Susan Graham sings Countess Geschwitz, and Lothar Koenigs conducts Berg’s landmark score.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: Lulu
Directors Luc de Wit, Matthew Diamond
Writers Alban Berg, Frank Wedekind

Cast

Marlis Petersen

as Lulu

Johan Reuter

as Dr. Schön / Jack the Ripper

Daniel Brenna

as Alwa Schön

Susan Graham

as Countess Geschwitz

Franz Grundheber

as Schigolch

Martin Winkler

as The Acrobat / The Animal Tamer

Paul Groves

as The Painter / African Prince

Elizabeth DeShong

as The Wardrobe Mistress / The Schoolboy / The Page

Alan Oke

as The Prince / The Manservant / The Marquis

Julian Close

as The Theater Manager / The Banker

Ashley Emerson

as The Fifteen-Year-Old Girl

Jane Shaulis

as Her Mother

Kathryn Day

as The Designer

Tyler Duncan

as The Journalist

Paul Corona

as The Servant

James Courtney

as The Physician / The Professor / The Police Commissioner

Joanna Dudley

as Solo Performer

Andrea Fabi

as Solo Performer

Deborah Voigt

as Self - Host