Dienstag aus Licht they run continuously without a break : The stage is filled with a rocky precipice, covered with vines, moss, shrubs, and bushes. At the front there is a raised, rocky ledge, which slopes down to the ground at the left and right. Night is falling, and the sky is overcast . Dienstag aus Licht Dienstag aus Licht (Tuesday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in a greeting and two acts, with a farewell, and was the fourth of seven to be completed for the opera cycle "Licht: die sieben Tage der Woche" (Light: The Seven Days of the
Dienstag aus Licht As was the case for most of the operas in the "Licht" cycle, component sections of "Dienstag" were commissioned and composed separately, and given seriatim premieres. The first component of this opera was in fact the first part of the entire "Licht" cycle to be composed: "Jahreslauf" (Course of the Years), which became the first act of "Dienstag", was originally written in 1977 as an independent piece for gagaku ensemble. Stockhausen finished it in Kyoto in the fall of 1977, and it was premiered by the Imperial Gagaku Ensemble at the Tokyo National Theatre on 31 October. This version is