Göttliche Komödie: Ligetis Le Grand Macabre an der Wiener Staatsoper

Andrew Watts (Fürst Go-Go)

Georg Nigl (Nekrotzar) und Gerhard Siegel (Piet vom Fass)

Le Grand Macabre

Isabel Signoret (Amando) und Maria Nazarova (Amanda)

Georg Nigl (Nekrotzar)

Sarah Aristidou (Chef der Gepopo / Venus), Georg Nigl (Nekrotzar) und Gerhard Siegel (Piet vom Fass)

Wolfgang Bankl (Astradamors)

By Norman Schwarze, 15 November 2023

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“auch in der Oper kann und darf einfach die pure Unterhaltung im Vordergrund stehen”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 14 November 2023

Ligeti, Le Grand Macabre

Vienna State Opera

Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor

Jan Lauwers, Director, Set Designer, Choreography

Lot Lemm, Costume Designer

Ken Hioco, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Elke Janssens, Dramaturgy

Gerhard Siegel, Piet the Pot

Isabel Signoret, Amando

Maria Nazarova, Amanda

Georg Nigl, Nekrozar

Wolfgang Bankl, Astradamors

Marina Prudenskaya, Mescalina

Andrew Watts, Prince Go-Go

Sarah Aristidou, Chief of the Gepopo, Venus

Daniel Jenz, White-Party Minister

Marcus Pelz, Black-Party Minister

Paul Blackman, Choreography

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Norman Schwarze

Norman ist Münchner, absoluter Reisefanatiker, Blogger und Opernliebhaber seit frühester Kindheit. Besonders begeistert er sich für progressive Inszenierungen und Stücke des 21. Jahrhunderts. Nach seinem Studium der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaften orientierte er sich neu und arbeitet nun als Produktmanager im Börsenumfeld. Das ist sein Blog: www.annees-de-pelerinage.com