Berg - Lulu / Davis, Schafer, Bailey, Kuebler, Harries, Schone, Bardon, Glyndebourne
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Actor: Christine Sch?fer, Kathryn Harries, Norman Bailey, Patricia Bardon, Stephan DrakulichDirector: Humphrey Burton
Editor: Steve Eveleigh
Producer: Jo Marks
Writer: Alban Berg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 181 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Berg - Lulu / Davis, Schafer, Bailey, Kuebler, Harries, Schone, Bardon, Glyndebourne
Movie Review: Boulez brings stunning clarity and precision to this difficult work
Summary: 4 Stars
I've heard many different interpretations of Berg's "Lulu," and while some have been quite unremarkable, I like this particular recording rather well. It's not my favorite, as I think Christine Schafer's performance is THE definitive interpretation; however, Boulez gives a precise, cogent interpretation. The music itself is difficult and dense, but Boulez renders it comprehensible with his careful direction. Suddenly, there is distinction and clarity, even within the density and complexity of Berg's score.
I realize that some listeners feel that Boulez is a bit too mechanical and cold in his interpretations, but I don't think that is a problem here. For one thing, Berg's score has a passionate romanticism built right in. The music is so dramatic that one need not clutter it by adding even more romanticism, which inevitably creates the sort of overwrought mess that is such a deterrent to listeners. Boulez allows Berg's voice to emerge with intensity and precision.
Teresa Stratas is not my favorite Lulu and she is not a reason to buy this recording. I find her acceptable and even though she is no Schafer, it doesn't ruin an otherwise excellent interpretation.
I'm not sure if this is the version I would recommend if you don't already own a performance of Lulu. I would highly recommend starting with Humphrey Burton's stellar interpretation with Christine Schafer in the title role. It's available on DVD, which is an added bonus. However, if you already own one of the many available performances, this version under Boulez is definitely worth owning, if for no other reason than to appreciate the instrumental clarity as you've never heard it before.
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Summary of Berg - Lulu / Davis, Schafer, Bailey, Kuebler, Harries, Schone, Bardon, Glyndebourne
Winner of the 1997 Gramaphone Award for Best Video! This production by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera stars Christine Schafer, Kathryn Harries, and Wolfgang Schone. With its intensely beautiful score, this is one of the greatest operatic masterpieces of the 20th century. Andrew Davis conducts the London Philharmonic. Subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese. Color, 183 minutes.Alban Berg's second and last opera Lulu is one of the monuments of modernism, constructed around serial technique and containing scenes conceived of as Sonata-form, Suite, and so on. The bliss of Andrew Davis's conducting in this classic Glyndebourne production is that we forget all of this--Davis doesn't gloss over the music's intellectual content, but that's not what we think about as we watch and listen. Part of the production's strength is the prodigious performance by Christine Schafer as Lulu--for once we believe in the character's sexual energy and power; and Schafer makes her real enough as a person that we largely forget the work's intrinsic misogyny. The rest of the cast is admirable too: Norman Bailey brings something perversely sweet to the disreputable painter Schigolch; Kathryn Harries makes the dying words of Lulu's lesbian lover Geschwitz one of the work's lyric high points; David Kuebler is equally powerful as Alwa. The final duet between Lulu and her destroyer Jack the Ripper is one of Wolfgang Schone's great moments, but he is equally good as Dr Schon, the man Lulu marries and kills. This is a performance of energy and beauty, matched by a simple but effective production. --Roz Kaveney
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