Photo Flash: NY Phil Presents LE GRAND MACABRE
By: Gabrielle Sierra May. 27, 2010
In one of the signature events of the New York cultural season, Alan Gilbert and the Philharmonic give the much-anticipated, fully-staged New York premiere of György Ligeti's satirical "anti-anti-opera."
Meet Gepopo, Prince Go-Go, Piet the Pot, and their fellow inhabitants of Brueghelland, who've just been told by the devil that the world ends at midnight. In a carnival-like kaleidoscope of sight and sound, Ligeti (whose Atmosphères and other music is heard in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey) tells their story with some of the most strikingly brilliant music he ever composed.
Photo credit: Chris Lee
Barbara Hannigan and Anthony Roth Costanzo
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Joshua Bloom and Peter Tantsits
Barbara Hannigan and Anthony Roth Costanzo
Rob Besserer and Anthony Roth Costanzo
Joshua Bloom and Peter Tantsits
Eric Owens and chorus members
Barbara Hannigan
Wilbur Pauley and Melissa Parks
Mark Schowalter
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