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 ...

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 ...

' 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 ...

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 ...

The first time was the charm, even if that first time took decades to arrive. Late last year the Houston Symphony earned its first ever Grammy Award nomination for best opera recording with "Berg: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alban Berg’s Lulu is a complex, psychological thriller that became one of the most important and notorious stage works of the 20th century. Berg (1885-1935) adapted from the Lulu plays by German ...