Lulu - Salzburger Festspiele

Agneta Eichenholz (Lulu), Michael Volle (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Klaus Florian Vogt (Alwa), Jennifer Larmore (Countess Geschwitz), Philip Langridge (Prince/Manservant/Marquis), Heather Shipp (Dresser/Schoolboy/Groom), Will Hartmann (Painter/Policeman/Negro), Jeremy White (Banker/Professor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Christof Loy (director)

Berg, Alban:
 Lulu (Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in June 2009)

"Pappano verricht wonderen met het orkest, zo transparant en tegelijkertijd zo emotioneel geladen heb ik de muziek nog nooit eerder gehoord. Agneta Eichenholz, met haar grote ogen zowat een reincarnatie van Audrey hepburn, is een Lulu in de traditie van Teresa Stratas, en Michael Volle is voor mij de beste Dr. Schon ooit."
Klassieke Zaken Magazine

"Robin Lough's direction for the cameras is faithful to Loy's conception and the outstanding cast...Volle holds the stage as Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper; Eichenholz's Lulu ensnares and is also vulnerable...As presented here, Lulu is an emotional and musical roller-coaster."
International Record Review - July/August 2010

"Pappano has a firm grip of every nuance of the music, from the gossamer-like delicacy after the dialogue at the end of Act II to the various moments of wrenching, disturbing power."
BBC Music Magazine - November 2010 ***

"[Loy] wants us to work hard, to forget chasing any scent or taint of voyeurism...while Pappano is keen to bring clarity, both in his conducting and his talking...Like many productions now staged with an eye to DVD release, the 16:9 shape of the stage and intimacy of gesture certainly make more sense now than they did in the theatre...Will Hartmann is a wonderfully open, naive Painter, a Schubertian young Wanderer"
Gramophone Magazine - July 2011