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LE<br />
GRAND<br />
György Ligeti<br />
MACABRE<br />
Conductor Michael Boder<br />
Orchestra Symphony Orchestra<br />
of the Gran Teatre del Liceu<br />
Chorus Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu<br />
Chorus Master José Luís Basso<br />
Venus / Gepopo Barbara Hannigan<br />
amanda Ana Puche<br />
amando Inés Mora<strong>le</strong>da<br />
Prince Go-Go Brian Asawa<br />
Mescalina Ning Liang<br />
Piet the Pot Chris Merritt<br />
nekrotzar Werner Van Meche<strong>le</strong>n<br />
astradamors Frode Olsen<br />
Ruffiak Gabriel Diap<br />
schabiack Miquel Rosa<strong>le</strong>s<br />
schabernack Ramon Grau<br />
White Minister Francisco Vas<br />
Black Minister Simon Butteriss<br />
staged by À<strong>le</strong>x Ollé (La Fura dels Baus)<br />
in collaboration with<br />
Va<strong>le</strong>ntina Carrasco<br />
Video Director Xavi Bové<br />
Length approx. 120'<br />
Shot in HDTV 1080<br />
Cat. no. A93001806<br />
A production of UNITEL and Gran Teatre del Liceu<br />
in co-production with ZDF/3sat<br />
Barcelona’s Grand teatre del Liceu presents György Ligeti’s<br />
so<strong>le</strong> opera “Le <strong>grand</strong> <strong>macabre</strong>” in a stunningly imaginative<br />
and highly theatrical production by La Fura dels Baus,<br />
a production that already scored an enormous success in Brussels,<br />
London and Rome and – as Britain’s the independent proclaimed<br />
– “only comes along once a decade”.<br />
Ligeti’s (1923-2006) absurd-tragicomical masterpiece of the<br />
highest order b<strong>le</strong>nds popular theater, comics, pop art, cabaret,<br />
caricature and the apocalypse with fascinating imaginativeness.<br />
the orchestra, for examp<strong>le</strong>, is enhanced with “instruments” such as<br />
car horns and doorbells. Ligeti himself – one of the great composers<br />
of the later 20th century – cal<strong>le</strong>d his work an “anti-anti-opera.”<br />
Premiered in stockholm in 1978, the work is based on a play by<br />
Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) and unfolds in an imaginary<br />
land inspired by the famous Dutch painter Pieter Breughel the<br />
elder: nekrotzar, the Grand Macabre, announces the end of the<br />
world; but in a land ru<strong>le</strong>d by eros, alcohol and corruption, his plan<br />
to un<strong>le</strong>ash the apocalypse bursts like a soap bubb<strong>le</strong>. the peop<strong>le</strong><br />
continue to <strong>le</strong>ad their lives as before and refuse to be frightened by<br />
thoughts of death and a dark future…<br />
Masterfully rendering the colorful score is conductor Michael<br />
Boder and the orchestra and chorus of the Liceu. the top-notch<br />
cast includes Werner Van Meche<strong>le</strong>n as nekrotzar, Chris Merritt<br />
as Piet the Pot, Barbara Hannigan as Chief of the secret police,<br />
and Brian asawa as Prince Go-Go. “the result is sp<strong>le</strong>ndid […]<br />
it is rare that everything fits so well” (El País), “a rousing and<br />
compellingly presented, surreal spectac<strong>le</strong>, simply breathtaking!”<br />
(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung).<br />
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mail@cmajor-entertainment.com<br />
www.unitelclassica.com<br />
Photos: © Antoni Bofill Design: luebbeke.com
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