알반 베르크의 인기 오페라 룰루의 2012년 브뤼셀 모네 극장 라이브 영상. 베르크의 미완성 유작을 프리드리히 체르하가 1979년 완성한 3막본 오페라로 인간 내면의 깊이와 음악적 심리묘사가 뛰어난 작품이다. 폴란드 출생에 프랑스와 벨기에에서 활동하고 있는 인기 연출가 왈리코우스키의 획기적이고 세련된 연출 감각이 돋보이는 영상물이다. 오페라에서 팜므파탈을 연기하는 캐나다 출신의 소프라노 바바라 한니간은 당시 40세를 넘긴 나이에도 불구하고 빼어난 가창력은 물론이고 매혹적인 몸매로 치명적인 매력을 지닌 여주인공에 완벽 빙의된 연기를 펼친다. 근래에 가장 높은 평반을 얻은 룰루 오페라 실황이다.

 *클래시카 쇼크
*2012년 10월 19, 26일 브뤼셀 모네 극장(라이브)
 *194분 / 컬러, 16:9 / 2.0 PCM, 5.1 돌비 디지털 / NTSC / Region All / 자막: 영어, 프랑스어, 독일어, 네덜란드어

Berg: Lulu
 Barbara Hannigan (Lulu), Natascha Petrinsky (Geschwitz), Tom Randle (Maler & Neger), Dietrich Henschel (Dr. Schon/Jack the Ripper), Charles Workman (Alwa), Pavlo Hunka (Schigolch), Ivan Ludlow (Tierbandiger & Athlete)
 Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie, Paul Daniel

Stage direction: KRZYSZTOF WARLIKOWSKI
 Set & costume designs: MALGORZATA SZCZESNIAK
 Choreography: CLAUDE BARDOUIL
 Dance & solos choreography: ROSALBA TORRES GUERRERO
 Recording: La Monnaie, Brussels, 19 & 26/10/2012

 Running time 194 min.
 Booklet FR / ENG / NL - Subtitles FR / ENG / DE / NL
 16/9, NTSC / PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1

Gramophone Magazine DVD of the Month - December 2014

International Record Review December 2014
“rewarding viewing for all who appreciate this devastating work...this Lulu offers stupendous accuracy of pitch and rhythm...The performance is impeccably prepared musically, with the sensual qualities given full value, the maximum in rhythmic exactitude and abundant theatrical flair. The recorded sound is natural and full bodied.”

BBC Music Magazine Christmas 2014*****
“It's a comparatively rare occurrence to encounter a performance on the opera stage that has such a magnetic visual and physical impact as Barbara Hannigan's portrayal of Berg's tragic heroine...Her absolute vocal mastery is marvellous...Many of the supporting protagonists in this torrid drama are no less compelling.”

The Guardian 11th December 2014***
“It’s an explicit, yet chilly interpretation of Berg’s masterpiece, hampered in places by Warlikowski’s decision to graft additional layers of imagery onto a work already heavy with meaning...Musically it’s superb. Barbara Hannigan gives everything she’s got and then some to the title role. Charles Workman is the finely lyrical Alwa; Dietrich Henschel, never bettered, the troubled Schoen. It’s nicely conducted by Paul Daniel, too.”

Gramophone Magazine December 2014
“Tall, slender and chameleonic, [Hannigan] stalks the stage compellingly...The voice itself is remarkably clear and clean: not the most sensuous instrument, perhaps, but one that is used with great intelligence and accuracy...Very impressive, too, are the orchestra and Paul Daniel, who is particularly adept at finding the score's drama and beauty.”