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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Aix-en-ProvenceDuke Bluebeard's CastleConcert performance

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Grand Théâtre de Provence, Sat 11 Jul at 19:00

Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Klaus Mäkelä; Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; Orchestre de Paris; Gerald Finley; Irene Roberts

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Suntory Hall: Main Hall, Fri 17 Jul at 19:00

Dukas, Debussy, Bartók

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Susanna Mälkki; John Relyea; Szilvia Vörös

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Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Sat 18 Jul at 14:00

Dukas, Debussy, Bartók

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Susanna Mälkki; John Relyea; Szilvia Vörös

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Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

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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.

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Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg

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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.

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