ALBAN BERG (1885-1935)

Lulu

165:43

Opera in three acts

Libretto by Alban Berg, after Erdgeist and Büchse der Pandora by Frank Wedekind, English version by Richard Stokes

Act III realised by Friedrich Cerha

Prologue

1

'Roll up, roll up for the menagerie'

4:20

Animal tamer

Act I

Scene One

2

'Am I trespassing?'

2:01

Alwa, Dr Schön, Lulu

3

'Gnädige Frau. . . Frau Medizinalrat. . .'

1:38

Painter, Lulu

4

'You are far too slow to capture me'

0:51

Lulu, Painter

5

'What's happening?'

0:46

Painter, Lulu

6

'Open the door!'

0:56

Professor of Medicine, Lulu, Painter

7

'Just wait, he'll jump right up. . .'

1:31

Lulu

8

'Can't you help him recover his senses?'

2:12

Painter, Lulu

9

'You make me jealous, you lucky bastard!'

1:44

Painter

10

'Please help me do this up'

1:44

Lulu

Scene Two

11

'Eva!' - 'What is it?'

1:10

12

'Eva!' - 'What is it?'

1:53

Painter, Lulu

13

'He's not quite what I imagined him to be'

4:16

Schigolch, Lulu, Dr Schön

14

'If you and I married'

6:26

Dr Schön, Lulu, Painter

15

'So?' - 'Your marriage has made you at least a million marks. . .'

5:03

Painter, Dr Schön, Lulu

16

'Don't talk so loud'

3:26

Dr Schön, Alwa, Lulu

17

Verwandlung [Transformation]

3:27

Scene Three

18

'I've never in my life known an audience so excited'

2:16

Alwa, Lulu

19

'More for me, please'

1:31

Lulu, Alwa

20

'That girl and her lovers'

1:12

Alwa

21

'I met her first at Dr Schön's'

1:33

African Prince, Alwa

22

'She's had a sort of fainting fit'

0:33

Dresser, Alwa, Theatre Manager, Prince, Lulu

23

'What's wrong with her?'

1:09

Dr Schön, Alwa, Lulu, Dresser, Theatre Manager, Prince

24

'How dare you attempt to ruin my well-laid plans?'

5:01

Dr Schön, Lulu

25

'Take this pen and paper'

2:59

Lulu, Dr Schön

Act II

Scene One

26

'Delighted that you will be there this evening'

3:17

Countess Geschwitz, Dr Schön, Lulu

27

'Why not stay here?'

1:58

Lulu, Dr Schön

28

'Thank the Lord, that at last we're. . .'

2:22

Schigolch, Acrobat, Schoolboy, Lulu

29

'You know it's she he really wanted to marry'

0:45

Acrobat, Schigolch, Schoolboy, Lulu

30

'I hope you locked the windows'

1:39

Schigolch, Lulu, Acrobat, Manservant, Schoolboy

31

'The matinée will be lit by ultra-violet light'

3:15

Alwa, Lulu, Manservant

32

'Is he ill?'

2:55

Alwa, Lulu, Manservant, Dr Schön

33

'His father!'

0:57

Lulu, Dr Schön, Alwa, Acrobat

34

'And where did he go?'

2:55

Dr Schön. Lulu, Countess Geschwitz

35

'Even though men have killed themselves because of who I am'

2:27

Lulu

36

'Kneel down, murderous bitch!'

2:42

Dr Schön, Schoolboy, Lulu, Alwa

37

'You can't deliver me up for trial!'

1:05

Lulu, Alwa, Countess Geschwitz, Schoolboy

38

Film Music

2:58

Scene Two

39

'We're like the players waiting for a bandleader'

4:30

Acrobat, Countess Geschwitz, Alwa, Schigolch

40

'This way is shorter'

6:09

Alwa, Acrobat, Schoolboy

41

'Hey, little Lulu, it's time we scarpered over the border'

4:14

Schigolch, Acrobat, Lulu, Alwa

42

'You're still as ravishing and youthful as in your portrait'

3:45

43

'Beneath this dress I feel your form in harmony'

3:55

Alwa, Lulu

Act III

Scene One

44

'Gentleman and Ladies!'

2:42

Acrobat, Banker, Journalist, Marquis, Alwa, Lulu, Waiter, Servant, Designer, Mother, Fifteen-year-old Girl, Countess Geschwitz, Alwa

45

'Get to the point and say how much you want from me'

0:51

Lulu, Marquis

46

'Of the countless nubile, fun-loving lasses'

2:09

47

'The magistrate will reward anyone who finds the murderess'

3:06

Marquis, Lulu

48

'It's good! It's looking good!'

1:35

Alwa, Journalist, Banker, Designer, Mother, Lulu, Fifteen-year-old Girl, Acrobat, Marquis, Waiter, Servant, Countess Geschwitz

49

'May I intrude?'

2:18

Acrobat, Lulu

50

'Message for the Bank Director'

0:59

Waiter, Banker, Lulu

51

'I need some money, in ready cash'

3:28

Schigolch, Lulu

52

'You could at least treat me with respect!'

2:38

Acrobat, Marquis, Lulu

53

'Martha!'

2:21

Lulu, Countess Geschwitz, Acrobat, Waiter

54

'I have lost all my money'

2:09

Journalist, Banker, Mother, Designer, Alwa, Fifteen-year-old Girl

55

'What the hell is this?'

3:32

Alwa, Lulu, Waiter, Police Commissioner, Marquis

Scene Two

56

'The rain's beating a tattoo'

4:34

Schigolch, Alwa, Lulu

57

'If this is not the ideal moment'

5:52

Countess Geschwitz, Schigolch, Lulu, Alwa

58

'Come along in, my love! Come!'

3:30

Lulu, Second Client, Schigolch

59

'Doctor Alwa's gone off to sleep'

2:40

Schigolch, Countess Geschwitz

60

'Who is that?'

4:59

Jack the Ripper, Lulu

61

'These are the last few moments'

3:38

Countess Geschwitz, Lulu, Jack the Ripper

Lisa Saffer soprano - Lulu

Susan Parry mezzo-soprano - Countess Geschwitz

Anna Burford mezzo-soprano - Dresser/Schoolboy/Waiter

Graham Danby bass - Professor of Medicine/Theatre Manager/Banker

Stuart Kale tenor - Painter/Second Client

Robert Hayward baritone - Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper

John Graham-Hall tenor - Alwa

Gwynne Howell bass - Schigolch

Robert Poulton baritone - Animal Tamer/Acrobat

Alan Oke tenor - African Prince/Manservant/Marquis

Roger Begley bass - Police Commissioner

Claire Mitcher soprano - Fifteen-year-old Girl

Paul Napier-Burrows bass - Servant

Jane Powell mezzo-soprano - Mother

Moira Harris soprano - Designer

Toby Stafford-Allen baritone - Journalist

Paul Daniel

14-19 & 22 May 2005