Le Grand Macabre

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Oslo Opera House, Main Stage Oslo, Norway

Dates/times in Oslo time zone

Programme

Ligeti, György (1923-2006)

Performers

Norwegian National Opera
Àlex Ollé	Director
John Fiore	Conductor
Marius Roth Christensen	Tenor
Ole Jørgen Kristiansen	Bass
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
Thor Inge Falch	Tenor	Piet the Pot
Tone Kummervold	Mezzo-soprano	Amando
Amelie Aldenheim	Soprano	Amanda
Ketil Hugaas	Bass-baritone	Nekrozar
Frode Olsen	Bass	Astradamors
Hege Høisæter	Mezzo-soprano	Mescalina
Eir Inderhaung	Soprano	Chief of the Gepopo
David Hansen	Countertenor	Prince Go-Go

Map

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Vienna, Austria

The end of the world. Or something: Ligeti's Le grand macabre at the Norwegian National Opera

Aksel Tollåli, 9th September

The world ended yesterday. Possibly. It probably didn’t, but the facts are still kind of fuzzy.György Ligeti’s only opera, Le grand macabre is a strange piece. The story is straightforward enough: Nekrotzar, a Death-like figure, travels around the world of Breughelland warning its citizens of impending doom – a giant comet will destroy Earth at midnight.

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