LONDON (Reuters Life!) - It starts with a prelude of car horns and ends with the world being destroyed by a comet -- or possibly not. On top of that, a new staging of Hungarian composer Gyorgy ...

The surge of excitement that filled the War Memorial Opera House on Friday night for the U.S. premiere of György Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre" -- a heady, convivial buzz that dovetailed nicely ...

Composer Gyorgy Ligeti, who survived the Holocaust and fled Hungary after the 1956 revolution, then won acclaim for his opera “Le Grand Macabre” and his work on the soundtrack for “2001: A Space ...

VIENNA, Austria – Composer Gyorgy Ligeti, who survived the Holocaust and fled Hungary after the 1956 revolution, then won acclaim for his opera “Le Grand Macabre” and his work on the soundtrack for ...

Audrey Luna as Gepopo in Ligeti’s ‘anti-anti-opera’, with Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in the background (John Philips/Getty) Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Fashioned as an "anti-opera," Ligeti conceived the music for Le Grand Macabre as a kind of "pop art," filled with quotations and references to ...

György Ligeti’s eccentrically compelling burlesque Le Grand Macabre, with an overture played by 12 car horns, and here sung in English, is a milestone in modern music theatre, and it explored the full ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Daniel J. Wakin A contemporary surrealist opera at the New York Philharmonic? About the end of the world? On Memorial Day weekend? What are they ...

LIGETI26 Gyorgy Ligeti Handout Datebook#Datebook#Chronicle#10/26/2004#ALL#Advance##0422426848 Instead of cowering and quaking in the face of the apocalypse -- which ...

Gyorgy Ligeti, a musical giant respected for his ability to simultaneously honor and modernize musical traditions and a cult pop figure whose work was used in the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” to evoke ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Anthony Tommasini Encouraging evidence that Alan Gilbert’s bold artistic vision for the New York Philharmonic has been embraced by the ...