Le Grand Macabre

Opera by György Ligeti (1923 - 2006)

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Language: English 
GEPOPO
Psst!
Shsht!
Co... cocoding zero! Ah!
Cococoding Zero, Zero:
highest security grade!
Zero, Zero!
Birds on the wing!
Double-you see!
Snakes in the grass!
Rabble, rabble, rabble!
Riot, riot!
Unlawful assemblies!
Communal insurrection!
Mutinous masses!
Turbulence!
Panic! Panic
Groundless! Groundless!
Phobia! Wide of the mark!
Right off the track!
Hypopochondria!
Rsh!

GO GO
What did you say?

GEPOPO
Rsh! March!
March target! Direction!
Prince! Your palace!
March target royal palace!
Palace!
Password: Go-Go-lash!
Demonstrations, hah!
Protest actions, ha!
Provocations, ha!
Pst! Pst!
Much discretion!
Close observation!
Take precautions!
That's all.
Pst! Pst!
Not a squeak!
Confidential!

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Language: German (Deutsch) 
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Set by György Ligeti (1923 - 2006), 1974-1977 [ soprano and orchestra ], revised 1996, also set in English
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Note: the opera is loosely based on Michel de Ghelderode's play, La Balade du Grand Macabre, 1934.


Total word count: 93