Gaga-Inspired Ligeti Opera
This, via Openculture:
Well, I had to remove the embedded video as it wouldn’t allow me to “pull” it on FaceBook — you can go & check it out here.
in Music, Theater | September 9th, 2010 1 Comment
OpenCulture is a great site, for all kind of Kulchur-Items!On a related note, don’t miss Christopher Walken reading Gaga’s “Poker Face”.
It’s getting hard to dismiss the cultural influence of Lady Gaga, especially when you see the Gaga phenomenon inspiring György Ligeti’s satirical “anti-anti-opera” Le Grand Macabre staged at The New York Philharmonic this summer. In this clip, we encounter Gaga-inspired costumes and performance as we watch Gepopo, chief of the secret service, telling Prince Go Go about the panic breaking out in the streets…