Marie Arnet’s outstanding Lulu leads a superlative cast

This Lulu is a monumentally fine production

This was an entire ensemble tackling a monumental artistic challenge with absolute conviction

David Pountney’s first production since taking over at WNO is a deeply rewarding version of Berg's masterpiece

There's more to a company than power dressing

Yield to its strange powers if you can

In some ways it’s a typical Pountney show

Luminous orchestral playing in WNO’s striking Lulu

Alban Berg’s Lulu is a great opera, and greatly problematic

Pountney's presentation of all this human folly is unsparing and crystal-clear

This is not a night out for fidgets or the faint-hearted

Two singers rise above the mess of David Pountney’s ultra-contrived staging

Lulu crackled with energy on stage, but it was in the orchestra pit that it really shone

A lot of the opera’s sardonic black humour gets lost in a wash of dismembered dolls and Expressionist pretentiousness

Berg's unfinished masterpiece in a stunning production under WNO's new director