Premiered in Stockholm in 1978, the work is based on a play by Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) and unfolds in an imaginary land inspired by the famous Dutch painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder: Nekrotzar, the Grand Macabre, announces the end of the world; but in a land ruled by eros, alcohol and corruption, his plan to unleash the Apocalypse bursts like a soap bubble. LIVE RECORDING FROM THE GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU, BARCELONA, 2011
Simon Butteriss
Chris Merritt
Inés Moraleda
Ana Puche
Werner Van Mechelen
Frode Olsen
Ning Liang
Barbara Hannigan
Brian Asawa
Francisco Vas
Michael Boder