The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Le Grande Macabre
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The last performance of Ligeti’s Le Grande Macabre this season was this afternoon. I must admit, I only went out of force of habit, as I had attended a performance of this the previous month and was duly unimpressed. Ligeti’s music is cacophonous, the libretto is absurd, and the production involved cross-dressing, spousal abuse, Venus…