»She was created to cause mischief, to entice, to seduce, to poison and to murder, without anyone noticing.« With these words the animal trainer introduces us to the »snake«; he transports us into the world of the circus and delivers us up to that »archetype of womanhood« – Lulu! With her aura of animalistic seduction, this man-killing vamp is the embodiment of the femme fatale. more...
The king and queen have grown old and the prince is still without a bride. One stormy night a girl appears bedraggled and grimy, claiming to be a princess. For the prince it is love at first sight – but what if the stranger is not the princess she claims to be? She must be put to the test, and what better way than by placing a pea between the mattresses of her bed. Because, of course, for a real princess, this would mean discomfort …Ernst Toch was commissioned to write a short opera in 1927 for the chamber music festival of Baden-Baden, the leading centre of contemporary music at the time. more...
»She was created to cause mischief, to entice, to seduce, to poison and to murder, without anyone noticing.« With these words the animal trainer introduces us to the »snake«; he transports us into the world of the circus and delivers us up to that »archetype of womanhood« – Lulu! With her aura of animalistic seduction, this man-killing vamp is the embodiment of the femme fatale. more...
