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Bartók adapted the famous Perrault story into Hungarian for his one and only opera. A piece of infinite musicality which rewrites operatic convention and is part of the genre’s move towards modernism.

Synopsis

Judith, Bluebeard’s fourth wife, discovers a huge dark room in her castle, with a sad and mysterious atmosphere, surrounded by seven closed doors. Bluebeard finally gives her permission to open the first six to let in a little light. The seventh, however, is strictly forbidden to her. But Judith braves the ban, to her misfortune...

Cast

Musical Director                                Titus Engel

Stage Director, light design                 Andriy Zholdak

Set design                                         Daniel Zholdak

Costume design                                 Simon Machabeli

Dramaturgy                                       Georges Banu

Cast

Bluebeard              Karoly Szemeredy

Judith                    Eve-Maud Hubeaux

Judith                    Victoria Karkacheva

Orchestre de Lyon

link for video trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcvu1WvZKto

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