Le grand macabre
Opera in two acts
Libretto
Michael Meschke und György Ligeti (nach Michel de Ghelderode)
Premiere
12 April 1978, Stockholm (Royal Opera)
Cast
PIET THE POT (high buffo-tenor)
CLITORIA (soprano)
SPERMANDO (mezzo-soprano)
NEKROTZAR (baritone)
ASTRADAMORS (bass)
MESCALINA (dramatic mezzo-soprano)
VENUS (high soprano)
WHITE MINISTER (spoken role)
PRINCE GO-GO (counter-tenor)
CHIEF OF THE SECRET POLICE (coloratura soprano)
RUFFIAK, SCHOBIAK and SCHABERNAK (baritone)
CHORUS
people of Breughelland, pages and servants of the court
Place
Time