György Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre

György Ligeti -Mysteries of the Macabre

London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle

Barbara Hannigan -Soprano

Le grand macabre (1974–77, revised version 1996) is György Ligeti's only opera. The opera has two acts and its libretto – based on the 1934 play, La balade du grand macabre, by Michel De Ghelderode – was written by Ligeti in collaboration with Michael Meschke, director of the Stockholm puppet theatre. The original libretto was written in German, as Der grosse Makaber, but for the f...