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 ...

' 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 ...

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 ...

Peter Mattei in the title role and Elza van den Heever as Marie in William Kentridge’s new production of Berg’s Wozzeck. Ken Howard / Met Opera An ideal performance of Alban Berg’s eldritch opera ...

It’s not surprising that Jonathan Khuner loves “Lulu.” He’s had a lifetime to get acquainted with the work. For Khuner, the longtime music director of West Edge Opera and its predecessor, Berkeley ...

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 ...

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 ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Is Wozzeck, the eponymous soldier-protagonist in Alban Berg's dark opera truly deranged or is he the ...

The Royal Opera House’s new production of Alban Berg’s opera was well-timed for Mental Health Awareness Week: in a succession of compact episodes, the work traces the disintegration of a ...