Berg’s Lulu Opens in Zurich
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Arts, Music
- Subcategories: Entertainment, Entertainers, Composers, Songwriters
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History
- Geographical Location: Switzerland
- Date: June 2, 1937
Article abstract: Alban Berg’s Lulu, written in a personalized version of the twelve-tone compositional style, premiered in Zurich in truncated form; the completed version would not premiere until 1979.
Summary of Event
The performance history of the opera Lulu is one of the most complicated in musical history. It took three quarters of a century between the opera’s conception and its world premiere in the definitive form intended by its composer, Alban Berg, before an audience could comfortably say it had seen the “real” Lulu. The...
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