Le Grand Macabre
Intro
Le Grand Macabre
György Ligeti
07/11/2000 in Antwerp - 23/11/2000 in Ghent
- Musical direction: Luca Pfaff
- Director: Ernst Theo Richter
- Nekrotzar: Monte Jaffe
- Astradamors: Dario Süss
- Piet van 't Vat: Brian Galliford
- Gepopo/ Venus: Caroline Stein
Based on the theatre of our compratiot Michel de Ghelderode, Ligeti’s opera evoces the fantastic and demonic world of Jeroen Bosch and James Ensor.
Practical
Surtitles: Dutch.
Team
- Musical direction
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Director
Ernst Theo Richter
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Set design
Hartmut Schörghofer
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Costumes
Jorge Jara
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Lightning
Tom Smith
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Choreography
Milos Zilic
- Chorus master
- Nekrotzar
- Astradamors
- Piet van 't Vat
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Gepopo/ Venus
Caroline Stein
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Prins Go-Go
Richard Zook
- Amanda
- Amando
- Mescalina
- Witte Minister
- Zwarte Minister
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Schobiak
Patrick Cromheeke
- Ruffiak
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Schabernak
Guido Verbelen
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