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First Performances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

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page 36 note 1 The first complete performance of Alban Berg's Lulu, for which the short score of Act III had been orchestrated by Friedrich Cerha, took place on 24 February at the Paris Opèra. The conductor was Pierre Boulez, the producer Patrice Chéreau, and the cast included Teresa Stratas (Lulu), Yvonne Minton (Countess Geschwitz), Franz Mazura (Schön/Jack the Ripper) and Kenneth Riegel (Aiwa).

page 41 note 1 A Feeney Trust Commission, first performed on i March in Birmingham by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster, with Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich as soloist.

page 41 note 2 Premiéred on 30 March at the Royal Festival Hall by Vivien Townley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Rennerts.

page 41 note 3 Premièred on 1 j January at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.