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2026 - György Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre
Emily Barger, soprano 2024 - Kaija Saariaho - Leino Songs Kirsten Ashley Wiest, soprano 2024 - Toru Takemitsu - Orion Robbie Bui, cello 2021 - Pascal Dusapin - O Mensch! Jonathan Nussman, baritone 2019 - WILD WOMEN (album) with Boaz Roberts, guitar 2013 - No One is Trying To Kill You, Sweetheart (album) MINDERBINDER (with Chris Golinski, percussion) |
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György Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre 1/6/2026 Emily Barger, soprano |
Mysteries of the Macabre
(live performance, 1/6/2026)
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall / University of California, San Diego
music by György Ligeti
texts by György Ligeti and Michael Meschke
Emily Barger, soprano
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Mysteries of the Macabre (1978) combines arias for the character Gepopo from the opera Le Grand Macabre, a darkly comic exploration of the apocalypse and human folly. Gepopo, the overzealous chief of police, navigates the chaos as the end of the world looms, and in these excerpts, brings to life frenetic energy, grotesque humor, and absurd heroics in Gepopo's attempt to warn Prince Go-Go of the Macabre's imminent arrival without alarming the public.
- Emily Barger
(live performance, 1/6/2026)
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall / University of California, San Diego
music by György Ligeti
texts by György Ligeti and Michael Meschke
Emily Barger, soprano
- - -
Mysteries of the Macabre (1978) combines arias for the character Gepopo from the opera Le Grand Macabre, a darkly comic exploration of the apocalypse and human folly. Gepopo, the overzealous chief of police, navigates the chaos as the end of the world looms, and in these excerpts, brings to life frenetic energy, grotesque humor, and absurd heroics in Gepopo's attempt to warn Prince Go-Go of the Macabre's imminent arrival without alarming the public.
- Emily Barger