William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s atonal opera “Lulu” is sordid, seductive, sadistic, scandalous and, as one of the characters quips in German, full of schmutz. It might be the best ...

This celebrated and extraordinarily performed production of Lulu, Alban Berg's musically and dramatically complex second opera, is designed and directed by the South African artist William Kentridge .

She seduces, she kills and ends up becoming a prostitute before being murdered by Jack the Ripper. It’s bloody and brutal, and harrowingly so — it’s none other than Alan Berg’s opera about a murderous ...