Licht, subtitled "Die sieben Tage der Woche", is a cycle of seven operas composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen between 1977 and 2003. The composer described the work as an "eternal spiral" because "there
The librettist and composer in March 2004
Karlheinz Stockhausens grave with the score to LICHT .
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
Stockhausen rehearsing Michaels Heimkehr in 1980
Archangel Michael, Cologne Cathedral, north portal
Michael fighting the Dragon (Bonn University, main entrance)