Gyorgy Ligeti s "Le Grand Macabre "(1974 77, revised 1996) has consolidated its position as one of the major operatic works of the twentieth century. Few operas composed since the 1970s have received such numerous productions, bringing the eclectic score to a global audience. Famously dubbed by Ligeti as an anti-anti-opera, the piece is a highly ambiguous, apocalyptic fable about the human condition, fear of death and the final judgement. As the first book in English solely dedicated to discussion of this work," Gyorgy Ligeti s "Le Grand Macabre": Postmodernism, Musico-Dramatic Form and...
Gyorgy Ligeti s "Le Grand Macabre "(1974 77, revised 1996) has consolidated its position as one of the major operatic works of the twentieth centur...
