Work: Duke Bluebeard's Castle

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.

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.