Organization

Admin

Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle Hamburg

Conductor

Alan Gilbert

Singer

Soprano

Elizabeth Watts

Amanda

Mezzo-soprano

Marta Fontanals-Simmons

Amando

Tenor

Mark Schowalter

Piet the Pot

Baritone

Werner Van Mechelen

Nekrotzar

Bass

Wilbur Pauley

Astramadors

Heidi Melton

Mescalina

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Furst Go-Go

Claire de Sévigné

Venus

Spoken

John Relyea

The Black Minister

Andrew Dickinson

The White Minister

Audrey Luna

Chef der Gepopo

Rob Besserer

Atmosphericist

Costume designer

Catherine Zuber

Lighting designer

Clifton Taylor

Stage director

Doug Fitch

Set designer

Video designer

Assistant Stage Director

James R. Smith

Orchestra

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Others

NDR Chor

English

Le Grand Macabre

Hamburg

Germany

Elbphilharmonie

Public

Santiago Martin Bermejo

Approved

In May 2010, Alan Gilbert collaborated with the director Doug Fitch on György Ligeti’s »Le Grand Macabre« in New York. The press was full of praise and the performance went down in history as a milestone of modern musical theatre.

»»An exhilarating success, a brilliant performance of Ligeti’s daunting score and a disarming production.««

The New York Times on the New York production

Ligeti’s music was a focus at the Hamburg International Music Festival 2019, and as part of that the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under Alan Gilbert brought to Hamburg a version specially adapted for the Elbphilharmonie.

The work is »an opera about the existential crisis in the modern world, about finding meaning in life – with all its nonsense and craziness«, argues Alan Gilbert. Ligeti’s opera is one of the world’s most-performed contemporary operas.

Le Grand Macabre by Ligeti, From (2019/2019), Directed by Doug Fitch,, Conductor Alan Gilbert, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

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