Don't Panic: learning to love Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre

Soprano Elizabeth Watts reveals how – armed with wine, biscuits and sci-fi – she got to grips with the car horns and dominatrices of Ligeti’s anti-anti operaA thud echoed through the house, as if something with purpose had landed in my porch. It had. The postie had delivered my score of Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre. Let’s be clear about this: we’re not talking a thin, limp excuse for a score; we’re talking a chunky presence, an I-mean-business score that yo