The operas hero, nekrotzar dracula, alias le grand macabre, has not only ambitions to suck blood but also apocalyptic visions. Ligetis le grand macabre with simon rattle and peter sellars. Mysteries of the macabre is an arrangement by elgar howarth of the 3 arias sung by the gepopo character in ligetis opera, le grand macabre 197477. Sony periodically makes the entire ligeti edition series available in an inexpensive ninecd box set that includes these two cds, so you should probably just buy that set if you can if youre interested in ligeti s music. The best proof of that is his ludicrous opera le grand macabre, which sir simon rattle performed. So we stumbled across this video of barbara hannigan singing an aria from ligeti s opera le grand macabre and our lives will never be the same again. You can now watch the livestreamed performance of alan gilbert and the ndr elbphilharmonie orchester performing ligeti s le grand macabre the may performance was streamed on youtube and facebook live, which you can now watch on demand here. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Ligetis le grand macabre with simon rattle and peter. Soprano barbara hannigan in le grand macabre with the new york philharmonic, conducted by alan gilbert. In this clip from ligetis le grand macabre, performed by the new york philharmonic, gepopo barbara hannigan, the chief of the secret.
He completed only two works in this medium, howeverthe pieces glissandi 1957 and artikulation 1958before returning to instrumental music. Le grand macabre 197477, revised version 1996 is gyorgy ligetis only opera. What had sold out were three performances of gyorgy ligeti s musically audacious opera le grand macabre, a bleakly satirical tale set in an anytime century, first performed in. After purchase you can download your video from your digital library.
Audrey luna sings gepopo from le grand macabre by ligeti duration. I am really amazed that this opera is not more popular and that it. Gyorgy ligetis opera le grand macabre is not only close to the grotesque features of many a painting by breughel and hieronymus bosch but, in its collagelike. In the final halfhour, we hear more of the great ligeti, in the apocalyptic sections of the opera. Simon rattle conducts the london symphony orchestra in peter sellarss production of ligeti s le grand macabre set in a land of nymphomaniacs, drunkenness and debauchery. Ivan hewett introduces ligeti s antiantiopera as the composer himself called it with the help of ligeti s biographer richard steinitz.
Sir simon rattle and peter sellars on ligetis le grand macabre. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube. Ligetis riot through history tom service music the. As with any pastiche, certain passages are thrilling, some less so. Complete recordings on deutsche grammophon is a 4disc set of ligeti s music, recorded between 1968 and 1995 for dg, decca and philips. Mysteries of the macabre hannigan rattle berliner philharmoniker. Philharmonic in le grand macabre at avery fisher hall. A space odyssey, ligeti s music was introduced to a scored for a i6part mixed chorus or i6. Gyorgy ligeti s le grand macabre is an avant garde two act opera, impregnated with surrealistic and abstract brushes and tonalities which give the perfect feeling for a work of this caliber. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports. So we stumbled across this video of barbara hannigan singing an aria from ligetis opera le grand macabre and our lives will never be the. In this clip from ligeti s le grand macabre, performed by the new york philharmonic, gepopo barbara hannigan, the chief of the secret service, informs prince go go of the panic in the streets. Gyorgy ligetielgar howarth mysteries of the macabre. Watch the live performance of le grand macabre on demand.
Barbara hannigan in le grand macabre ny philharmonic duration. Few operas composed since the 1970s have received such numerous productions, bringing the eclectic score to a global audience. Ligeti s twoact opera in four scenes, le grand macabre, is an entertaining, taut example of musical theater residing somewhere between parody and ominous seriousness, between clowning and wisdom. Ligeti s mysteries of the macabre is quite possibly one of the most brilliantly bonkers things youll ever see.
This unbelievably virtuosic ligeti song is genuinely one. For anyone who has collected the entire ligeti edition on sony and ligeti project on teldec, of course there are no new pieces here. Ligeti s le grand macabre presented by ivan hewett it takes all of about five seconds before you realise that hungarian composer gyorgy ligeti s le grand macabre is an opera of the unexpected. From le grande macabre 1997 by simon maxwellstewart. Upon arriving in cologne, ligeti began to write electronic music alongside karlheinz stockhausen and gottfried michael koenig at the electronic studio of west german radio wdr. Ligeti was almost as precise in his vision of what le grand macabre should look like on stage as he was about how it should sound, but although. This unbelievably virtuosic ligeti song is genuinely one of the most. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. Le grand macabre 197477, revised version 1996 is the only opera by hungarian composer gyorgy ligeti. Le grand macabre, by far the lengthiest of ligeti s works, represented a culmination of ligeti s work up through its 1978.
In le grand macabre, first heard in 1978, he makes use of quotation and pastiche. Barbara hannigan with ensemble intercontemporain duration. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. Late night concert with berio and ligeti digital concert. Ligeti s le grand macabre with simon rattle and peter sellars go to concert. The format is a double jewelcase rather than a box. Video postproduction for urano films in le grand macabre opera by fura dels baus premiered in brussels march 2009. This is shown not only in his famous poeme symphonique for 100 metronomes, but also in his lunatic opera le grand macabre, which sir simon rattle programmed for the 20162017 season. The one and only opera written by the hungarianaustrian composer, one of the major representatives of the 20thcentury avantgarde, is a truly remarkable work, one that in many a respect surpasses that which is. Gyorgy ligeti le grand macabre extraits makeda monnet, soprano marie soubestre, soprano victoire bunel, mezzosoprano borbala kiss.