Overview
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
Cast
- 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