page_title: Donnerstag aus Licht
section_title: Donnerstags-Abschied
hierarchical_section_title: Donnerstag aus Licht / Synopsis / Donnerstags-Abschied
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Erzengel Michael auf der Christuskirche in Mannheim.
context_page_description: Donnerstag aus Licht is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in a greeting, three acts, and a farewell, and was the first of seven to be composed for the opera cycle Licht: die sieben Tage der Woche. It was written between 1977 and 1980, with a libretto by the composer.
context_section_description: The Thursday Farewell (also called "Michael's Farewell") is performed outside the opera house following the performance, by five trumpeters who begin as the last scene, Vision, is concluding. They are costumed as Michael and positioned on the rooftops or on balconies surrounding the square, floodlit like statues on a tower. They each repeat one segment of the Michael formula, with long pauses between repetitions, for about 30 minutes, withdrawing at the end in the order in which their respective segments occur in the formula (Stockhausen 1989a, 488).
caption: Archangel Michael as trumpeter (Christuskirche, Mannheim)
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