Mittwoch aus Licht; BBC Proms 50 & 51 – review

Argyle Works, Birmingham; Royal Albert Hall, LondonA string quartet circling overhead in four separate helicopters, a dancing camel, a chorus spattered with paint, and two men with their top hats on fire – welcome to a wet Wednesday in Birmingham or, to be more precise, the world premiere of the complete Mittwoch aus Licht, Karlheinz Stockhausen's vast "opera in a greeting, four scenes and a farewell".Birmingham Opera Company's production of Wednesday, the last instalment of Stockhausen's huge...

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