Lulu, Alban Berg's incomplete opera, is the first dodecaphonic opera to be composed. It premiered in 1937 and in 2023, Marlene Monteiro Freitas and conductor Maxime Pascal revisit this opera, in a joining of forces between MusikTheater an der Wien, Wiener Festwochen, Estúdios Victor Córdon, O Espaço do Tempo, and Dgartes.
A project of Wiener Festwochen and Theater an der Wien Music Alban Berg Text Frank Wedekind, based on Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box tragedies Concept and Direction Marlene Monteiro Freitas Maestro Maxime Pascal Orchestra ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien With Vera-Lotte Boecker (Lulu), Bo Skovhus (Dr. Schön), Edgaras Montvidas (Alwa), Cameron Becker (Maler), Anne-Sofie von Otter (Gräfin Geschwitz), Kurt Rydl (Schigolch), Katrin Wundsam (Garderobiere / Gymnasiast), Martin Summer (Tierbändiger, Athlet), Paul Kaufmann (Prinz, Kammerdiener) Light design Yannick Fouassier Stage set Marlene Monteiro Freitas, Yannick Fouassier Dramaturgy Armin Kerber Research João Figueira Musical assistant Cláudio Silva _Choreography assistant _ Andreas Merk, Hsin-Yi Hsiang Executive production Joana Costa Santos, Soraia Gonçalves Support Wiener Festwochen Production Wiener Festwochen, Theater an der Wien Collaboration P.OR.K (Lisbon) _Residences _ Estúdios Victor Córdon (Lisbon), O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), CN D Centre national de la danse (Paris), Fabbrica del Vapore (Milano)