Le Grand Macabre
"Elbphilharmonie Hamburg"
Overview
“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.
About Le Grand Macabre (2019)
Le Grand Macabre (2019) is a music movie produced by Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in Germany. It was directed by Doug Fitch and written by György Ligeti. On screen you will see Elizabeth Watts, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Mark Schowalter, Mark Schowalter and Wilbur Pauley. With a runtime of 2h 1m, the film is available in full HD.
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