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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:opera
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gptkbp:basedOn
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La balade du Grand Macabre by Michel de Ghelderode
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:György_Ligeti
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gptkbp:duration
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about 2 hours
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gptkbp:genre
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absurdist opera
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Le Grand Macabre
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:German
English
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gptkbp:librettist
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gptkb:Michael_Meschke
gptkb:György_Ligeti
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gptkbp:notableCharacter
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gptkb:Venus
gptkb:Amando
gptkb:Astradamors
gptkb:Chief_of_the_Secret_Police
gptkb:Gepopo
gptkb:Mescalina
gptkb:Nekrotzar
gptkb:Piet_the_Pot
gptkb:Prince_Go-Go
gptkb:The_Ruffians
gptkb:White_Minister
gptkb:Amanda
Black Minister
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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dark humor
unusual instrumentation
car horns in orchestra
influences from Breughel paintings
parody of musical styles
references to Renaissance art
spoken and sung text
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gptkbp:notableProduction
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gptkb:English_National_Opera,_1982
gptkb:La_Monnaie,_Brussels,_2009_(directed_by_La_Fura_dels_Baus)
gptkb:Salzburg_Festival,_1997
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gptkbp:notableRecording
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gptkb:Eötvös/Berlin_Philharmonic_(Wergo,_1997)
Salonen/Philharmonia Orchestra (Sony Classical, 1998)
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gptkbp:numberOfActs
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2
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gptkbp:premiereDate
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1978-04-12
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gptkbp:premiereLocation
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gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Opera,_Stockholm
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Schott_Music
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:Breughelland
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gptkbp:subject
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death
satire
apocalypse
absurdity
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gptkbp:updated
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1996
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:György_Ligeti
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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