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
as Black Minister
Chris Merritt
as Piet the Pot
Inés Moraleda
as Amando
Ana Puche
as Amanda
Werner Van Mechelen
as Nekrotzar
Frode Olsen
as Astradamors
Ning Liang
as Mescalina
Barbara Hannigan
as Venus / Gepopo
Brian Asawa
as Prince Go-Go
Francisco Vas
as White Minister
Michael Boder
as Self - Conductor
