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Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of World War I, will break your heart with a score that captures the essence of opera. By Joshua Barone His skill in completing Alban Berg’s “Lulu ...

Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th century. It is certainly one of the most powerful, and its emotional impact remains as strong today as ...

A scene from the New York Metropolitan Opera’s production of Alban Berg’s Lulu. (Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...

' I was very much intrigued by blaxploitation movies when working on American Lulu," says Olga Neuwirth. This isn't quite what I expected from one of Austria's most respected, serious and established ...

I was 14 and in hospital with an appendicitis that had turned into peritonitis. The BBC was broadcasting a piece of opera history - the first ever performance of Alban Berg's Lulu in its entirety. It ...

2 Review: JETTE PARKER ARTISTS: TALES OF LOVE AND LOSS, Royal Ballet And Opera Levine has conducted Wozzeck often at the Met; since 1974, he has led 39 performances of the opera. Held made his Met ...

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings and sculptures—which have fetched up to $1m at auction—and for his films, which often depict the process of creating and ...

The video design of Kentridge’s sweeping black brush action sketches seen against a background of newspaper print creates an apt illustration to the tale of the rise and fall of celebrity femme fatale ...

DESPITE my reservations about modern opera, and despite my being unsure whether I actually enjoyed it or not, I cannot deny that this is a remarkable production of a striking opera. The composer Alban ...