Alban Berg

Los Angeles Opera is saying goodbye to its long-time artistic director and chief conductor, James Conlon as he retires after 20 years, and we’ve got that celebratory concert on this week’s Sunday Opera (10/4 3:00 p.m.) featuring excerpts from three works.

Berg's tale of a destitute soldier who is abused by his captain, suffers through medical experimentation, and ultimately succumbs to his mistrust for his partner causing him to drown, "Wozzeck," is this week's opera from the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden.

This week's opera looks at Berg's work, "Lulu," that was one of the first operas to be attempted in the new twelve-tone theory of composition.