Alban Berg
The Lyricism of Despair: Wozzeck at the Met
Wozzeck
music by Alban Berg, libretto by the composer adapted from Georg Büchner’s dramatic fragment, “Woyzeck”
Metropolitan Opera House
Saturday April 16 at 1:00 pm
Conductor, James Levine
Production, Mark Lamos
Set and Costume Designer, Robert Israel
Lighting Designer, James …
Berg’s Lulu Revived at the Met after an Eight-Year Absence
Lulu
music and libretto (1935) by Alban Berg
based on two plays by Franz Wedekind: The Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box
Metropolitan Opera, May 8, 2010
directed by John Dexter
conducted by Fabio Luisi
Cast:
Lulu – Marlis Petersen
Dr. …
Alfred Brendel, Deborah Voigt, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra: Mozart, Webern, Berg, Strauss, Salome
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
James Levine, Music Director and Conductor
Deborah Voigt, Soprano
Alfred Brendel, Piano
Webern, Six Pieces for Orchestra
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491
Berg, Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
R. Strauss, …