Editing Lulu (opera) (section)

== Posthumous history ==
The opera was first performed by the [[Zürich Opera]] in an incomplete form on June 2, 1937.{{sfn|Opera Nederland|2015}}{{sfn|Huscher|2006|loc=pp.&nbsp;112–114}} [[Erwin Stein]] made a vocal score of the whole of act 3 following Berg's death,<ref>Carner, Mosco. 'Stein, Erwin', in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001)</ref> and Helene Berg, Alban's widow, approached Schoenberg to complete the orchestration. Schoenberg at first accepted, but upon being sent copies of Berg's sketches he changed his mind, saying that it would be a more time-consuming task than he had thought. Helene subsequently forbade anybody else to complete the opera, and for over 40 years only the first two acts could be given complete, usually with the act 3 portions of the ''Lulu Suite'' played in place of act 3. The last recording made of the original two-act version—[[Christoph von Dohnányi]] conducting the [[Vienna Philharmonic]], with [[Anja Silja]] in the title role (Decca/London, recorded 1976 and released 1978)—presented it in this form.

Director Heinz Ruckert shot the [[silent film]] featured at the midpoint according to Berg's exacting specifications. The film wordlessly depicts Lulu's arrest, trial, incarceration, and ultimate liberation thanks to the cunning of the Countess Geschwitz. Like the music for this sequence (and the opera as a whole), the film has a palindromic structure. The original film is lost save for four stills which remain in the Zürich Stadtarchiv.{{sfn|Goldsmith|2002}} Each successive production requires a new film to be shot with the stage actors, though many recent productions have omitted the film altogether.