György Ligeti Le Grand Macabre
starring Chris Merritt | Inés Moraleda
Barbara Hannigan | Ana Puche
Werner van Mechelen | Frode Olsen
Orquestra Simfònica i Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Michael Boder conductor
Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) and Valentina Carrasco stage direction
Label: Arthaus Musik
DVD 101643 (NTSC)
Blu-ray 108058
Production: Unitel Classica and Liceu Barcelona
Intl. release: 25 September 2012Recorded live from Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, November 2011
Awards
Diapason d’Or, category DVD Lyrique
“La Révérence” award, Avant-Scène Opéra magazine
“Le Diamant d’Opera”, Opéra Magazine
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REVIEWS
“The marvellous Barbara Hannigan appears to sing the unsingable as a stratospheric Chief of the Secret Police.”
– Limelight Magazine, January 2013
“The standout is Barbara Hannigan, who is both Venus and the hysteria-prone chief of police Gepopo”
– Opera News, December 2012