Lulu : opera in two acts /

A performance of Alban Berg's opera based on a pair of plays by Frank Wedekind which follows the rise and fall of a femme fatale who goes from society heiress to prostitute to death at the hands of Jack the Ripper.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Opernhaus Zürich, TDK Mediactive (Firm)
Other Authors:	Bechtolf, Sven-Eric, Grimm, Thomas, 1942-, Welser-Möst, Franz, Aikin, Laura, Kallisch, Cornelia, Davislim, Steve, Straka, Peter, Muff, Alfred, Götzen, Guido, Haunstein, Rolf, 1943-, Glittenberg, Rolf, Glittenberg, Marianne, Moritz, Reiner E., 1938-, Berg, Alban, 1885-1935, Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	German
Language Notes:	Sung in German; subtitles in English, French, Spanish and Italian.
Published:	Ratingen, Germany : TDK Mediactive, [2003]
Subjects:	Operas. Music > Performance > Videodisc. Filmed operas.

Description
Summary:	A performance of Alban Berg's opera based on a pair of plays by Frank Wedekind which follows the rise and fall of a femme fatale who goes from society heiress to prostitute to death at the hands of Jack the Ripper.
Item Description:	Libretto by the composer. Aspect ratio 16:9. Program notes and synopsis in English in container. Special feature: Lulu--a lethal victim (the making of) / a film by Reiner E. Moritz (34 min.). Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 DVD-video (164 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages ; 18 cm.)
Format:	DVD-9; Dolby digital, LPCM stereo, AC3 digital 5.1, and DTS 5.1.
Production Credits:	Set design, Rolf Glittenberg ; costume design, Marianne Glittenberg ; lighting design, Jürgen Hoffmann ; directed for the stage by Sven-Eric Bechtolf ; produced by Bernhard Fleischer ; directed for DVD by Thomas Grimm.