Details
Set in an imaginary country (Breughel Land) this opera has a surreal plot which features sex, drinking, economic crisis, politics and corruption with an over-riding theme of death and the end of the world. But when the end of the world arrives, as announced by Nekrotzar, the only person to die is Death himself. First performed 1978.
Cast/Performers
Caroline Stein (Venus / Gepopo),
Willard White (Nekrotzar),
Graham Clark (Piet the Pot),
Frans Fieslier (Black Minister),
Johannette Zomer (Amanda),
Hanne Fischer (Amando),
Hilary Summers (Mescalina),
Dario Suss (Astradamors),
Steven Cole (White Minister),
David Walker (Prince Go-Go)
Creatives/Company
Music:
Gyorgy LigetiConductor:
Michael BoderCompany:
BBC Singers
