A Tale of Two 'Scenes from a Marriage'
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
Le Grand Macabre
Premiered in Stockholm in 1978, the work is based on a play by Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) and unfolds in an imaginary land inspired by the famous Dutch painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder: Nekrotzar, the Grand Macabre, announces the end of the world; but in a land ruled by eros, alcohol and corruption, his plan to unleash the Apocalypse bursts like a soap bubble. LIVE RECORDING FROM THE GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU, BARCELONA, 2011
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Premiered in Stockholm in 1978, the work is based on a play by Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) and unfolds in an imaginary land inspired by the famous Dutch painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder: Nekrotzar, the Grand Macabre, announces the end of the world; but in a land ruled by eros, alcohol and corruption, his plan to unleash the Apocalypse bursts like a soap bubble. LIVE RECORDING FROM THE GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU, BARCELONA, 2011
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Genre:Music
Written By:György Ligeti
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Runtime:122 minutes
Studio:Arthaus Musik, Unitel Classica
Cast
Valentina Carrasco, Àlex Ollé
Director
Simon Butteriss
Black Minister
Chris Merritt
Piet the Pot
Inés Moraleda
Amando
Ana Puche
Amanda
Werner Van Mechelen
Nekrotzar
Frode Olsen
Astradamors
Ning Liang
Mescalina
Barbara Hannigan
Venus / Gepopo
Brian Asawa
Prince Go-Go
Francisco Vas
White Minister
Michael Boder
Self - Conductor
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