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Bartók double bill at Müpa: Bluebeard’s Castle in its uncontrived, uncontaminated, original glory!

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Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 7 October 2016
Bartók, Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Zoltan Kocsis, Conductor
Csaba Káel, Director
Éva Szendrényi, Set Designer
Anikó Németh, Costume Designer
Andrea Szántó, Judith
Gábor Bretz, Bluebeard
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Balázs Vincze, Choreography
Katalin Ujvári, Dancer
Péter Koncz, Dancer
The Queen of Sheba a rare Hungarian delight in New York
***11
Sensational Hungarian double bill at Müpa
*****
Hungarian State Opera's slow-motion The Queen of Sheba
***11
Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces
***11
Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon
****1
Magnifying Glass: a magnificent Les Enfants terribles in Lille
*****
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