Work: Duke Bluebeard's Castle

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Composer	Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Period	Early 20th century
Librettist	Béla Balázs
Year	1911
Work type	Opera / Oratorio

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LlandudnoBluebeard’s Castle + Oedipus Rex

Venue Cymru, Thu 22 Oct at 19:30

Bartók, Stravinsky

Lidiya Yankovskaya; Joe Hill-Gibbins; Welsh National Opera; Milla Clarke; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Nathan Berg

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Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Nov 05, 06

Dvořák, Bartók

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Klaus Mäkelä; Jennifer Johnston; Gerald Finley

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Mayflower Theatre, Thu 12 Nov at 19:30

Bartók, Stravinsky

Lidiya Yankovskaya; Joe Hill-Gibbins; Welsh National Opera; Milla Clarke; Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Nathan Berg

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Gothic and Greek: Welsh National Opera’s double bill opens in Cardiff

Christine Rice (Judith) and Nathan Berg (Bluebeard) © Dafydd Owen

Mark Valencia, 20 Sep

Finding a partner for Bartók's creepy one-acter is a thorny problem, but Welsh National Opera pairs it with Stravinsky's ‘opera-oratorio’ for its season opener.

***11

Karen Cargill (Judith) and Christian Van Horn (Bluebeard) © Michael Cooper

John Gilks, 25 Apr

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

*****

Annika Schlicht (Judith), Johan Reuter (Bluebeard) and Bluebeard's wives (including Kate Lindsey) © Matthias Baus

Mengguang Huang, 15 Apr

Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.

****1

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