{"id":3243,"date":"2016-10-25T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T11:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2016-10-25T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T11:34:57","slug":"acclaimed-visual-artist-william-kentridges-spectacular-production-of-lulu-comes-to-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=3243","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed visual artist William Kentridge\u2019s spectacular production of Lulu comes to London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opens Wednesday 9 November at\u00a0<\/em>7.00pm at the London Coliseum (5 performances)<\/em><\/p>\n

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In one of autumn\u2019s most anticipated arts events, eminent South African artist William Kentridge makes his ENO directorial debut with this \u2018provocative and visually stunning\u2019 (New York Observer<\/em>) production of Berg\u2019s modernist 20th century masterpiece.<\/p>\n

Kentridge locates his production to the period of the opera\u2019s creation in the late 1920s and 1930s, using his own ink drawings to form part of the set and production design. This production has previously been seen in Amsterdam and New York where it was critically acclaimed.<\/p>\n

A married woman, a mistress, a murderess and a prostitute who ends up as one of Jack the Ripper\u2019s victims, Lulu is an enigmatic figure. A symbol of sexual desire and its ideal\u00a0fulfilment, her trajectory from Viennese middle class respectability to her brutal end in a London garret is both harrowing and revealing.<\/p>\n

Kentridge\u2019s creative team comprises his co-director Luc de Wit, designer Sabine Theunissen, costume designer Greta Goiris, lighting designer Urs Sch\u00f6nebaum and video designer Catherine Meyburgh. Former ENO Music Director Mark Wigglesworth conducts.<\/p>\n

Brenda Rae makes her ENO and role debut as \u00a0Berg\u2019s\u00a0femme fatale<\/em>, Lulu.\u00a0She has been a resident artist at Oper Frankfurt since 2008\u00a0and has performed with numerous opera companies including Santa Fe Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Op\u00e9ra National de Bordeaux,\u00a0Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Champs-Elys\u00e9es and Glyndebourne.<\/p>\n

Acclaimed British mezzo soprano Sarah Connolly returns to ENO as Countess Geschwitz. She last sung with the Company in the title role of David McVicar\u2019s production of\u00a0Medea<\/em>, a role that she sang ‘with total technical assurance and radiating baneful charisma’ (Daily Telegraph)<\/em>. Other appearances for ENO include\u00a0La clemenza di tito<\/em>\u00a0(for which she won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera\u00a0)Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>,Agrippina<\/em>,\u00a0The Coronation of Poppea<\/em>,\u00a0The Rape of Lucretia<\/em>,\u00a0Xerxes<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0I Capuleti e I Montecchi.<\/em><\/p>\n

Irish-Canadian tenor Michael Colvin makes his role debut as The Painter. He last appeared with ENO as Bob Boles in the revival of David Alden\u2019s critically five star production of\u00a0Peter Grimes<\/em>. He has also performed in\u00a0Madam Butterfly<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Turn of the Screw<\/em>\u00a0for the Company.<\/p>\n

Eminent bass Willard White is Schigolch. Willard last appeared with ENO as Pope Clement VII in Terry Gilliam\u2019s\u00a0Benvenuto Cellini<\/em>\u00a0in June 2014. Other notable roles for ENO include the title role in Stein Wenge\u2019s production of\u00a0The Flying Dutchman<\/em>, Kutuzov\u00a0in\u00a0War and Peace\u00a0<\/em>and Bottom in\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>.<\/p>\n

American bass-baritone James Morris takes on the roles of Dr Sch\u00f6n and Jack the Ripper. He last appeared with ENO as The Doctor in Carrie Cracknell\u2019s acclaimed production of\u00a0Wozzeck<\/em>\u00a0in 2013, a role in which he exuded \u201can air of vocal gravitas and cynical manipulation\u201d (Financial Times).<\/p>\n

ENO Harewood Artist Nicky Spence makes his role debut as Dr Sch\u00f6n\u2019s son Alwa. Nicky last appeared with ENO as\u00a0Steva Buryja in the revival of David Alden\u2019s five star production of\u00a0Jen<\/em>?<\/em>fa<\/em>\u00a0in June 2016. Other roles with the Company include David in Richard Jones\u2019s Olivier Award-winning production of\u00a0The Mastersingers of Nuremberg<\/em>, Francesco in Terry Gilliam\u2019s production of\u00a0Benvenuto Cellini<\/em>\u00a0and Brian in the world premiere of Nico Muhly\u2019s\u00a0Two Boys<\/em>\u00a0in 2011, a role he also reprised at the Metropolitan Opera in 2013.<\/p>\n

The cast also includes David Soar (Animal Tamer\/Athlete), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Prince\/Manservant\/Marquis), Clare Presland (Schoolboy\/Dresser\/Waiter), Graeme Danby (Theatre Director\/Bank Director), Sarah Labiner (15 year old girl), Rebecca de Pont Davies (her mother), Sarah Champion (Female Artist), Geoffrey Dolton (Journalist), Joanna Dudley (Solo Performer) and Andrea Fabi (Solo Performer).<\/p>\n

Lulu\u00a0<\/em>opens on\u00a0<\/em>Wednesday 9 November 2016 at 7.00pm for 5 performances \u2013 9, 14, 17 November at 7.00pm, 12, 19 November at 6pm.<\/p>\n

500 tickets for \u00a320 or less are available for each performance. Tickets start from \u00a312.\u00a0www.eno.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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