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

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Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 7 September 2013
Ligeti, Le Grand Macabre
Norwegian National Opera
Àlex Ollé, Director
John Fiore, Conductor
Thor Inge Falch, Piet the Pot
Tone Kummervold, Amando
Amelie Aldenheim, Amanda
Ketil Hugaas, Nekrozar
Frode Olsen, Astradamors
Hege Høisæter, Mescalina
Eir Inderhaung, Chief of the Gepopo
David Hansen, Prince Go-Go
Marius Roth Christensen, Tenor
Ole Jørgen Kristiansen, Bass
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
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