| Description |
2 DVDs (194 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical PCM stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 |
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DVD video NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 0 |
| Summary |
Based on once-banned plays by Frank Wedekind, Alban Berg's opera charts the rise and fall of a serial seductress, from life as a society heiress to prostitution and eventual death at the hands of Jack the Ripper. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; soundtracks in PCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1; aspect ratio 16:9; region code 0. |
| Note |
Opera in three acts after Frank Wedekind's tragedies Erdgeist and Die Büchse de Pandora ; third act by Friedrich Cerha. |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Barbara Hannigan (Lulu) ; Natascha Petrinsky (Gräfin Geschwitz) ; Frances Bourne (Theatergarderobiere, Gymnasiast & Groom) ; Tom Randle (Maler & Neger) ; Dietrich Henschel (Dr. Schön & Jack the Ripper) ; Charles Workman (Alwa) ; Pavlo Hunka (Schigolch) ; Ivan Ludlow (Tierbändiger & Athlet) ; Rosalba Torres Guerrero, Claude Bardouil, Jesse Callaert, Sarah Rawart, dancers ; Koninklijke Balletschool Antwerpen ; Orchestra symphonique de la Monnaie ; Paul Daniel, conductor. |
| Credits |
Stage director, Krzysztof Warlikowski ; set and costume designs, Małgorzata Szczęśniak ; lighting, Felice Ross ; dramaturgy, Christian Longchamp ; choreography, Claude Bardouil ; video, Denis Guéguin ; dance and solos choreography, Rosalba Torres Guerrero ; film director, Myriam Hoyer. |
| Event |
Recorded live 2012 October 19 & 26 La Monnaie/De Munt, Bruxelles. |
| Note |
Program notes in English, French, German and Dutch (25 pages ; illustrations ; 18 cm.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Act I ; Act II -- disc 2. Act III. |
| Language |
Sung in German with optional subtitles in English, French, Dutch, and German. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Cerha, Friedrich, composer.
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Hannigan, Barbara, performer.
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Petrinsky, Natascha, performer.
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Bourne, Frances, performer.
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Randle, Thomas, performer.
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Henschel, Dietrich, 1967- performer.
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Workman, Charles, performer.
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Hunka, Pavlo, performer.
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Ludlow, Ivan, performer.
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Torres, Rosalba, dancer, choreographer.
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Bardouil, Claude, dancer, choreographer.
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Guéguin, Denis, 1961- videographer.
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Callaert, Jesse, dancer.
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Rawart, Sarah, dancer.
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Daniel, Paul, 1958- conductor.
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Warlikowski, Krzysztof, 1962- stage director.
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Szczęśniak, Małgorzata (Designer), set designer, costume designer.
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Ross, Felice, lighting designer.
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Longchamp, Christian, consultant.
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Hoyer, Myriam, director.
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Libretto based on (work): Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918.
Erdgeist.
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Libretto based on (work): Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918.
Büchse der Pandora.
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Container of (work): Berg, Alban, 1885-1935.
Lulu.
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Théâtre royal de la Monnaie. Orchestre, performer.
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Stedelijk Instituut voor Ballet (Antwerp, Belgium), performer.
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Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, production company.
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Bel Air Classiques, distributor.
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| Standard No. |
3760115301092 |
| Music No. |
BAC109 Bel Air |
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