Lulu (recorded live at the Salzburg Festival in 2011) BLU-RAY
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Lulu (recorded live at the Salzburg Festival in 2011) BLU-RAY
Pavol Breslik, Michael Volle, Patricia Petibon / Wiener Philharmoniker & Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
[ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 February 2014
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Vera Nemirova, staging
Vera Nemirova's challenging production of Berg's operatic masterpiece Lulu won critical acclaim when first seen at the Salzburg Festival in 2010, and was successfully repeated in 2011, when the production was filmed for DVD.
Supporting Nemirova's powerful vision of corruption, decadence and death were the highly praised set designs by the young German artist Daniel Richter.
Musically the production was led with style and assurance by the brilliant young German conductor Marc Albrecht, currently director of the Netherlands Opera. Singing Lulu with allure and passion was the lauded French soprano Patricia Petibon, whose charms gripped an outstanding cast of top European singers.
Lulu is a very rarely performed work, which was also left unfinished by the composer. This performance includes the missing 3rd act, which was completed by Friedrich Cerha, winner of the Salzburg Music Award 2010.
Picture format DVD: 1080i - 16:9
Sound formats DVD: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Region code: 2,3,4,5,6,8
"Musically there is plenty to admire...Ultimately, it is Volle as Dr Schon and Jack the Ripper who impresses most...Petibon's background in early music may be thought to give her an unusual degree of vulnerability...After a cautious start, her performance gains conviction as it proceeds...this is one of those recordings that takes time to reach the dark, disturbed heart of Berg's most ambivalently poised and perturbing work" (Gramophone)
"The singing and acting of Patricia Petibon as Lulu is magnificent. She is that rare creature, a singer with the face and figure of a model...One does not have to wonder why men fall under her spell and even die of it...Almost all of the staging and costuming is dedicated to the service of this music. It is not necessary to suspend one's disbelief as so often happens in current opera staging: here one is gripped from beginning to the disturbing and bloody end." (MusicWeb)
