LE GRAND MACABRE.

Seize the day. Never was there such a mind-boggling work to convey that lifeaffirming message with such force and grotesque inspiration. 'The Big Mac' - as it's ironically nicknamed - is considered a milestone in the history of opera, the only one written by György Ligeti.

Sung in English by a stellar international cast, this ground breaking anti-anti opera, written by Ligeti in 1978, has never before been seen in Australia. This savage burlesque comes to us directly from the English National Opera with a breathtakingly clever and audacious new staging by La Fura dels Baus - the company that famously created the Barcelona Olympics opening ceremony and is also remembered for their controversial production at the 1996 Adelaide Festival.

With outrageous wit, wildly virtuosic vocal writing and astonishing filmic effects, Le Grand Macabre is a spectacular surrealist farce set in a fantasy world that laughs in the face of modern life and points to the moral: eat, drink and make love, for who knows when the world might end.

Gross, enthralling, outrageous, funny and essentially human, don't miss an exclusive opportunity to see this huge new production in Australia.

Sung in English with surtitles

WARNING: Adult concepts - may not be suitable for children under 15 years.

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