Montag is an opera for 21 solo performers (14 voices, 6 instrumentalists, and 1 actor) plus mimes, a mixed choir, children's choir, and "modern orchestra". It was composed between 1984 and 1988. Monday is Eve's day. Its exoteric colour is bright green; its esoteric colours are opal and silver (Stockhausen 1989b, 200).
| Librettist | Karlheinz Stockhausen |
| Date of composition | 1988 (1984-1988) |
| Premiered | 1988, May 7th (Teatro alla Scala) in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | Nr. 55-59 |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice (Soprano)
- Eve
Voice (Bass) - Lucifer Voice (Bass) - Luzipolyp 3x Voice (Tenor) - Three Sailors Basset Horn - Coeur de Basset Piano - Budgerigar 7x Voice (Soprano) - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday boy Basset Horn - ; Bassettinen Flute - Pied Piper Chorus/Choir - Mixed Chorus ; Invisible Choir Children's chorus - Animal-Children, Heinzelmännchen (act 1), Girls' Choir (act 2), Children (act 3) Chorus/Choir - Men and Women |
| Autotranslations beta |
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Montag aus Licht, Nr. 55-59 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Montag aus Licht, Nr. 55-59 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Montag aus Licht, Nr. 55-59 |