Le Grand Macabre (completed 1977, revised 1996) is the third stage production by Hungarian composer György Ligeti, and his only major stage-work. Previously...
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he later dubbed micropolyphony. After writing his "anti-anti-opera" Le Grand Macabre, Ligeti shifted away from chromaticism and towards polyrhythm for his...
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by Viktor Ullmann and Peter Kien Le Grand Macabre, opera written by György Ligeti (Stockholm 1978) Danse Macabre, song, 1984, by Celtic Frost, Swiss...
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Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic in performances of György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and directed by Peter Sellars. He sang...
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Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a symphonic poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It premiered 24 January 1875. It...
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the messenger in his Medea (2010), Prince Go-Go in György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (1978), the title role in Philip Glass's Akhnaten (1983), Claire in...
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exceptionally difficult dual role of Venus and Chief of the Gepopo in Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre. Nekhames was born in Russia in 1995. As a child she performed in the...
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Giants Are Small (section Le Grand Macabre (2010))
New York Times review of Le Grand Macabre New York Magazine review of Le Grand Macabre TimeOut NY review of Le Grand Macabre New York Magazine review...
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(Rossini) Bertalda, Undine (Lortzing) Chief of the Secret Police Gepopo, Le Grand Macabre (Ligeti) Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Mozart) Elettra, Idomeneo (Mozart)...
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Britten: Noye's Fludde Gyorgy Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite Jerry Goldsmith: The Blue...
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trumpet as one of Nekrotzar's "Entourage" instruments in his opera Le Grand Macabre. The bass trumpet is usually notated in the treble clef. The bass trumpet...
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(2009). "Signification ofParody and the Grotesque in György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre". Music Theory Spectrum. 31/1: 26–56. doi:10.1525/mts.2009.31.1.26...
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(Strauss) Aida, Aida (Verdi) Alice Ford, Falstaff (Verdi) Amanda/Clitoria, Le Grand Macabre (Ligeti) Amelia, Un ballo in maschera, (Verdi) Angelica, Suor Angelica...
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Preludes on Polish Church Hymns: Dies Irae (1867) György Ligeti – Le Grand Macabre (1974–77) Franz Liszt – Totentanz (1849) Jean-Baptiste Lully – Dies...
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François d'Assise, Paul Hindemith's Mathis der Maler, György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, John Adams's and Alice Goodman's Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer...
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marked ffffff (6 fs) that progresses to a ffffffff (8 fs) and his opera Le Grand Macabre has ffffffffff (10 fs) with a stroke of the hammer. On Music, one of...
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(1963–65) Clocks and Clouds, for 12 female voices and orchestra (1973) Le Grand Macabre (1975–77, second version 1996) Glissandi (1957) Artikulation (1958)...
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such as his 1988 concerto for piano second movement and his opera Le Grand Macabre (1977). Peter Maxwell Davies uses it in the third movement of his Symphony...
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in Paris calls for the use of 4 taxi horns. György Ligeti's opera Le Grand Macabre features two "Car Horn Preludes" scored for 12 bulb horns, each one...
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the Sublime and the Ridiculous: A Study of Parody in György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, Sewell, Amanda J, [5] The Bizarre World of Butoh, San Francisco Weekly...
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Götterdämmerung, Wagner, 1876 Goyescas, Granados, 1916 The Grand Duke, Gilbert and Sullivan, 1896 Le Grand Macabre, Ligeti, 1978 The Greater Good, or the Passion...
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Artistic Director of Helsinki Festival 1997 – Conducted Ligeti's opera, Le Grand Macabre, at the Salzburg Festival with the Philharmonia Orchestra 1997 – Gave...
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Retrieved 27 August 2022. Paul Griffiths (2002) [1992]. "Grand Macabre, Le ('The Grand Macabre')". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article...
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Sophie and Zerbinetta, but also for contemporary music such as Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre. Hershkowitz was born in Los Angeles to a family that had lived in...
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Babylas. Ghelderode's La Balade du Grand Macabre (1934) served as libretto for György Ligeti's opera Le Grand Macabre (1974–77. Revised 1996). La Mort regarde...
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György Ligeti's 1992 concert excerpts from his opera Le Grand Macabre, titled Mysteries of the Macabre, with the Noord Nederlands Orkest. She alluded to...
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exponents would be: We Come to the River by Hans Werner Henze (1976), Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti (1978), Jakob Lenz by Wolfgang Rihm (1979) and Un...
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Gepopo in Le Grand Macabre, the first Flowermaiden in Wagner's Parsifal, Oscar in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, and Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro...
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premieres such as Alexander Goehr's Arden Must Die and György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre. Meyer was born in Stockholm. An only child, both her father and grandfather...
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later included a chromatic set of 12 bulb horns in his 1977 opera, Le Grand Macabre. In the 21st century, the hornophone continues to appear mainly in...
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