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Romeo Castelluccis intensive Inszenierung von Bartóks Oper kommt in der Aufführung unter Teodor Currentzis voll zur Geltung, während sich Carl Orffs Oratorienoper De temporum fine comoedia wie ein langweiliges Füllstück anfühlt.

Die deutsche Erstaufführung von Kaija Saariahos Vista ergänzt ein Programm raffinierter Orchesterfarben.

Katie Mitchells extreme Inszenierung bietet einen fesselnden Raum für Nina Stemme und John Lundgren.

Das WDR Sinfonieorchester führt die Reihe „Musik im Dialog“ mit Herzog Blaubarts Burg und einem Vortrag von Ferdinand von Schirach fort.

Das Budapest Festival Orchestra bringt mit einem Bartók-Programm ungarische Klangfarben in die Elbphilharmonie.

Daniel Harding, Pierre-Laurent Aimard und das Concertgebouw-Orchester brillieren mit Dvořáks Klavierkonzert und Bartóks Herzog Blaubarts Burg.

Im Stuttgarter Paketspostamt schafft Hans Op de Beeck mit seinem düsteren Bühnenbild die Gestalt gewordene Burg des Herzogs.

Péter Eötvös verfasste seine Oper Senza Sangue (Ohne Blut) als Gegenstück zu Bartóks Blaubarts Schloss. Dimitri Tcherniakov hat Senza Sangue nun zusammen mit Blaubarts Schloss für die Staatsoper Hamburg inszeniert.

The evening starts with life-affirming Beethoven – and then, the Budapest Festival Orchestra demonstrate just how good native Hungarians can be in Bartók’s chiller. 

A mad March hare, a murdered child, a hypochondriac prince, and a roomful of dead wives make for a stellar concert by the Houston Symphony Orchestra. 

L'œuvre de Bartók bénéficie de la direction éloquente du chef finlandais, dans une grande salle Pierre Boulez idéale pour cette partition.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin led a blazing performance of Bluebeard's Castle, although interpretations of Wagner and Debussy sounded tired and under-rehearsed. 

Strong performances from Elīna Garanča, Barbara Hannigan and John Relyea plus innovative stage direction make for a standout production.

A semi-staging of Bartók's tale of doors and brides at the Coliseum is saved from disaster when Jennifer Johnston steps in to sing Judith at very short notice, with the part gamely acted by Crispin Lord.

Alan Gilbert and his NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester partner first Igor Levit, and then Michelle DeYoung and Gerald Finley, in a night of outstanding music-making devoted to the music of Bartók.

Before the planned program of Bartók and Haydn, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Karina Canellakis honor Seiji Ozawa with Bach's Air on a G String. 

Initialement prévue pour janvier 2022, la collaboration entre le Gran Teatre del Liceu et l’Opéra national de Paris a finalement accouché en cette fin de saison de son très attendu Château de Barbe-Bleue.

Michele Mariotti and Johannes Erath lead us into the caverns of Il tabarro and Bluebeard’s Castle with two stories of violence against women 

Boston Lyric Opera decamps to a 1919 wharf shed for a production of Bartók's eerie two-hander, framed by four of Alma Mahler's songs. 

The RLPO impresses in a sensitive concert staging of Bartók's operatic masterpiece, with intense singing from Károly Szemerédy and Adrienn Miksch.

El compositor Peter Eötvös se pone al frente de la Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música para dirigir su ópera Senza sangue muy bien complementada con El castillo de Barbazul.

L'Orchestre de Paris retrouve Nina Stemme et Gerald Finley pour une de leurs œuvres fétiches, Le Château de Barbe-Bleue. Pekka Kuusisto donne la création française du Concerto de Bryce Dessner.

A controversial new production of Bluebeard's Castle by Andriy Zholdak in which Bartók's opera is played out twice... 

Role and production debuts in no way diminished the psychological impact of this intense hour with Bartók and Balázs.

A semi-staged performance of the two early 20th-century modernist works at the New York Philharmonic featured excellent soloists, great production and an inspired orchestra led by Jaap van Zweden.

In a program devoted to Béla Bartók, the visitors from Hungary conveyed both a distinct uniqueness of their heritage as well as a possibility of music as a tool for communication and understanding.

Trois jours de festivités musicales autour de Budapest ont révélé, pour sa première venue à la Philharmonie de Paris, le jeune chef Gábor Káli, dans un programme entièrement bartókien. À l'honneur ce dimanche : Le Château de Barbe-Bleue.

Mariusz Treliński's double bill pairing returns to the Metropolitan Opera with fine performances from Sonya Yoncheva and Gerald Finley in the leads. 

Performing arts duo Ricci/Forte throw what feels like the entire directorial arsenal at this production.

Powerful and evocative imagery, both literal and implied, lingered on beyond the drop of the curtain.

Joshua Bloom and Paula Murrihy excel in Irish National Opera's staging of Bartók's opera, although director Enda Walsh takes too many liberties with the libretto. 

Alain Altinoglu et Christophe Coppens signent un Château de Barbe-Bleue d'anthologie à La Monnaie.

Reprise magistrale de la production signée Krzysztof Warlikowski, avec John Relyea, Ekaterina Gubanova et la majestueuse Barbara Hannigan.

In a sensational Hungarian double bill of taut psychological drama at Müpa, Péter Eötvös' Senza sangue proves a thrilling partner to Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle.

A thrilling concert by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Sir Mark Elder culminated in a sinister and atmospheric performance of Duke Bluebeard's Castle.

A double bill of operas that were literally made for each other, Péter Eötvös wrote his one act masterpiece Senza sangue in 2015 to act as a partner piece for Bartók's Duke Bluebeard’s Castle.

Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra gave a lesson in ethnomusicology as part of the their all-Bartók programme, which culminated in a towering performance of Bluebeard's Castle.

Retour sur la performance mémorable du Château de Barbe-Bleue à l'occasion du Budapest Festival, une formule désormais annuelle qui offre durant quelques jours au Budapest Festival Orchestra le monopole du Concertgebouw de Bruges.

Karen Cargill returns to Scottish Opera as Judith in Bluebeard’s Castle in a double bill with The 8th Door, a new opera from Lliam Paterson and Vanishing Point’s Matthew Lenton.

The Philadelphia Orchestra presented an exciting and fresh performance of Swan Lake selections and Bluebeard's Castle, led by its energetic music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

La Philharmonie de Paris accueillait l’Orchestre du Conservatoire supérieur de Paris encadré par l'Ensemble Intercontemporain, pour une soirée consacrée à Ligeti, Kurtag et Bartók.

The Doors of Perception swung wide at Symphony Hall as Charles Dutoit led the Boston Symphony in an unusual and engrossing pairing of Mozart’s boisterous, Haydenesque Symphony no. 39 in E flat, K543, and Bartók’s one-act opera, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle,

David Radok links two expressionist works, Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle and Schoenberg's Erwartung, to the advantage of the Bartók.

Hungarian critic Sandor Hevesy once declared that Bluebeard’s Castle was “far too dark”. Yet, Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Miraculous Mandarin are probably the summation of his orchestral journey. And what better experience then making it to Budapest, to hear it in its birthplace?

Charles Dutoit and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra are the stars in a demanding programme of Dvořák and Bartók.

The Cleveland Orchestra and Joffrey Ballet team up for staged performances of Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin and Bluebeard's Castle. 

Gil Shaham triomphe du Concerto pour violon et orchestre, op. 11 de Samuel Barber, faisant presque oublier que l'œuvre de la soirée n'est autre que l'intense Barbe-Bleue de Bartok, porté à des sommets d'intensité par l'Orchestre National de Lyon.

A daring, fascinating pairing of two modern operas by Krzysztof Warlikowski in Paris. 

Pour la première affiche de la saison, le Théâtre du Capitole accueillait deux opéras en un acte. Si les deux œuvres sont fort éloignées sur le plan du style et du langage, leur lien apparait à la lumière de leur contexte de création.