Le Grand Macabre (2019)
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Synopsis
“An exhilarating success, a brilliant presentation of Ligeti's commanding score and a disarming production.” This was the verdict of the New York Times after three sold-out performances of György Ligeti's opera “Le Grand Macabre”, with which Alan Gilbert, in collaboration with director Doug Fitch, brought this milestone of modern music theater to New York for the first time in May 2010. For the Hamburg International Music Festival - which focuses on Ligeti's music - the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra is now bringing the highly acclaimed production to Hamburg in a version adapted for the Elbphilharmonie. “Le Grand Macabre” is a grotesque parable on the downfall of humanity, ‘an opera about the existential crisis in the modern world, about the search for the meaning of life - with all its nonsense and craziness’, states Alan Gilbert. It is no coincidence that this pitch-black musical theater spectacle is the most frequently performed contemporary opera in the world.
Director
Doug Fitch
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Le Grand Macabre
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Cast
Elizabeth Watts
Amanda
Marta Fontanals-Simmons
Amando
Mark Schowalter
Piet vom Fass
Mark Schowalter
Nekrotzar
Wilbur Pauley
Astradamors
Heidi Melton
Mescalina
Claire de Sévigné
Venus
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Duke Go-Go
John Relyea
Black Minister
Andrew Dickinson
White Minister
Audrey Luna
Head of the Gestapo
Rob Besserer
Atmosphericist