Back in 2009, English National Opera presented a dark production by Daniel Kramer of Bartók’s one-act opera about Duke Bluebeard and his new wife Judith; its eerie, creepy images of imprisoned ...

Bluebeard: Here we are now / See before you Bluebeard's Castle / It doesn't look very nice / Are you coming? Judith: Yes, I'm coming / Dearest. Bluebeard: Everything is very bad / Everyone is very sad ...

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The eponymous hirsute duke of Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle yields to the pressure of his new wife Judith to open one door after another of his castle, revealing aspects of his former life that he ...

Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, starring soprano Anna Netrebko, shares a double bill with Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, starring Nadja Michael and Mikhail Petrenko. Bass baritone Eric Owens hosts the broadcast.

But the main event was “Bluebeard’s Castle,” and it was an experience to remember. Orchestra Hall was plunged into darkness for a narrative prologue that took on the rhythm of a witch’s incantation in ...

One word to describe the premiere of “Iolanta” and “Bluebeard’s Castle” at the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday: Arresting — and in more ways than one. It goes for the pro-Ukrainian activist who hopped ...

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Originally made for television and now at last available on DVD, this 1988 film of Bartók’s one-act opera is a classic of its kind: beautifully shot in a timeless setting (lots of revealing close-ups) ...