Donnerstag aus Licht2021

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Opera for 16 solo performers, orchestra, choir and electronic music

Donnerstag was the first completed work of the gigantic seven-opera cycle Licht by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Composed over a span of 25 years and lasting nearly 30 hours in total, the cycle offers up a wide-ranging, experimental take on theology, time, and the nature of the universe. In Donnerstag, the protagonist Michael comes to life in three different guises, played by a singer, a dancer, and a trumpeter as he passes from an impoverished childhood to an artistically successful adulthood and, finally, to the celestial realm as an archangel.

Released

7. 5. 2026

Runtime

121 min

Genres

Music

Certification

NO

Country, language

FR · DE

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