Licht

Licht Die sieben Tage der Woche
Opera cycle by Karlheinz Stockhausen
The librettist and composer in March 2004
Translation	Light – The Seven Days of the Week
Librettist	Stockhausen
Language	German
Premiere	1981 (1981) to 2012 La Scala, Milan * Donnerstag 1981 * Samstag 1984 * Montag 1988 Oper Leipzig * Dienstag 1993 * Freitag 1996 Cologne Opera * Sonntag 2011 Birmingham Opera Company * Mittwoch 2012

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.