Whilst working with my colleague and friend, baritone Gerald Finley, on a production of Bluebeard’s Castle that he was singing at the Met, in between rehearsals I was also spending time with my ageing ...

Timpanist Ryan DiLisi and Scottish mezzo soprano Karen Cargill will be featured at the May 22 and 24 concerts.

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 ...

Bluebeard’s Castle is now playing in Finland. Performances will continue through February 28, 2026. This reinterpretation of Béla Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle paints an intimate and deeply affectionate ...

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Calgary Opera’s final offering of its 2024/2025 season consists of a double bill that contains some interesting coincidences and contrasts. By way of coincidences, these two one-act operas, Bartók’s ...

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At Symphony Center, Esa-Pekka Salonen recently led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Bartók’s rarely performed opera Bluebeard’s Castle (as well as, on another evening, in Bartók’s popular Concerto ...

Houston Symphony has scheduled only two performances of Béla Bartók’s magnificent opera Bluebeard’s Castle. One occurred last night, Saturday, and the final performance is Sunday matinee. This review ...

Shawna Lucey, the general director of Opera San Jose, loves a thrilling night at the opera, and she clearly recalls the first time she saw “Bluebeard’s Castle.” It was a few years back, in a New York ...