Opera in 4 scenes.
New version prepared by the composer in 1997.
Original German libretto by Michael Meschke and György Ligeti, after Michel de Ghelderode's La balade du grand macabre.
Ed. recorded: Schott.
Compact discs.
Program notes by György Ligeti, synopsis, and libretto, all in German with English and French translations (191 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Sybille Ehlert, Laura Claycomb, sopranos ; Charlotte Hellekant, Jard van Nes, mezzo-sopranos ; Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor ; Graham Clark, Steven Cole, tenors ; Richard Suart, baritone ; Willard White, bass-baritone ; Frode Olsen, bass ; supporting singers ; London Sinfonietta Voices ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.
Recorded live, Feb. 5-13, 1998, Théâtre du Chatelet, Paris.
Sung in English.
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