Licht

Licht
Die sieben Tage der Woche
Opera cycle by Karlheinz Stockhausen
The librettist and composer in March 2004
TranslationLight – The Seven Days of the Week
LibrettistStockhausen
LanguageGerman
Premiere
1981 (1981) to 2012
Karlheinz Stockhausens grave with the score to LICHT .

Licht (Light), subtitled "Die sieben Tage der Woche" (The Seven Days of the Week), 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 is neither end nor beginning to the week." Licht consists of 29 hours of music.