György Ligeti wrote which opera, Le Grand Macabre, or Les Indes galantes?
Le Grand Macabre Le Grand Macabre (1974–77, revised version 1996) is György Ligeti's only opera. The opera has two acts, and its libretto – based on the 1934 play, "La balade du grand macabre", by Michel De Ghelderode – was written by Ligeti in collaboration with , director of the Stockholm puppet theatre. The original libretto was written in German, as "Der grosse Makaber", but for the first production was translated into Swedish by Meschke under its current title . The opera has been performed also in English, French, Italian, Hungarian and Danish. Only a few notes need be changed to perform the opera in any of these languages.
Le timbre d'argent Le timbre d'argent ("The Silver Bell") is an opéra fantastique in four acts by composer Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Although completed in 1865, the opera did not receive its premiere performance until 23 February 1877, when it was presented by Albert Vizentini's Théâtre National Lyrique at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris. It includes the well-known aria "Le bonheur est chose légère."