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Le Grand Macabre at the Barbican: surreal, madcap, touching the sublime

By David Karlin, 16 January 2017
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“Ligeti throws in passages of lyrical string and choral writing that are utterly sublime”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 15 January 2017
Programme
Ligeti, Le Grand Macabre
Performers
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Peter Sellars, Director
Michelle Bradbury, Costume Designer
Ronnita Miller, Amando
Peter Hoare, Piet the Pot
Pavlo Hunka, Nekrozar
Elizabeth Watts, Amanda
Frode Olsen, Astradamors
Audrey Luna, Chief of the Gepopo, Venus
Heidi Melton, Mescalina
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Prince Go-Go
Peter Tantsits, White-Party Minister
Fabian Langguth, Schobiack
Joshua Bloom, Black-Party Minister
Christian Valle, Ruffiack
Benson Wilson, Schabernack
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
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