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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 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 ...

Deborah Warner pulls no punches in her brilliant, audacious production of one of the 20th century’s most important works for the stage, which is also impeccably sung and faultlessly conducted ...

' 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 ...

Penny Gore presents Thursday’s Opera Matinee - a performance of Berg's Wozzeck from the Royal Opera House. Penny Gore presents Thursday’s Opera Matinee - a performance of Berg's Wozzeck from the Royal ...

The video design of Kentridge’s sweeping black brush action sketches seen against a background of newspaper print creates an apt illustration to the tale of the rise and fall of celebrity femme fatale ...

One might be forgiven for thinking that stories about those marginalised in society – the outsiders – are something new, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Büchner’s bleak play about a ...