Grand Macabre, Le

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Grand Macabre, Le (The Grand Macabre). Opera in 2 acts by Ligeti, lib. M. Meschke and comp., freely adapted from M. de Ghelderode's play La balade du Grand Macabre. Comp. 1972–6. Prod. Stockholm 1978, cond. Elgar Howarth who also cond. f. Eng. p. ENO 1982 (trans. by G. Skelton).