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Duke Bluebeard's Castle | The Arbuturian

Bartok's nightmarish fairy-tale opera (the story is based on one written in 1697 by Charles Perrault) is the final offering of this season from English National Opera. Unusually for ENO, it's a semi-staged production, with a set consisting principally of a vast single table that crosses the front of the stage almost for its entire length. Even more unusually, it's sung in the original Hungarian with surtitles rather than in translation. It is, of course, the grimmest of tales. Duke Bluebeard brings his new bride Judith back to his castle. She has left behind a settled, peaceful life out of her immense love for him. And it is the light of this love that she believes can make him happy – light is the word she repeats here, as she seeks to open up the dark and forbidding castle and flood it with daylight and love. There are, of course, monstrous stories about her husband but Judith either doesn't believe them or she doesn't want to. Either way, she determines to ....

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Duke Bluebeard's Castle semi-staged but calamity strikes ENO as soprano withdraws at the eleventh hour – Seen and Heard International

Duke Bluebeard's Castle semi-staged but calamity strikes ENO as soprano withdraws at the eleventh hour – Seen and Heard International
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A comprehensive guide to spring's classical music performances

From an evening with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott to a spate of concerts from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the season is brimming with an impressive variety of classical events. Arts critic Lloyd Schwartz rounds up the performances he's looking forward to. ....

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