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Met Opera productions of ‘Iolanta’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ on KDFC
Edit The Examiner 13 Feb 2015
Classical KDFC’s Saturday morning broadcast Live from the Met this week features a double bill - Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartók ... Iolanta was Tchaikovsky’s eleventh, and last completed opera ... Bluebeard is sung by Russian bass, Mikhail Petrenko ... The libretto, by Hungarian poet-novelist-dramatist, Béla Balázs, a friend of the composer, was based on the French literary tale La Barbe bleue by Charles Perrault....
Program note: Bartók’s ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’
Edit The Dallas Morning News 05 Nov 2014
Part of an occasional examination of repertory. The work. Bluebeard’s Castle, by Béla Bartók. Who will perform. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, led by music director Jaap van Zweden, with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and baritone Matthias Goerne ... The program also includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 25. Details ... The librettist, Béla Balázs, was similarly influenced by the Belgian symbolist poet Maurice Maeterlinck, librettist of Debussy’s opera....
The Dark, Twisted Bluebeard’s Castle Is the Highlight of L.A. Opera's Double Bill (GO!)
Edit LA Weekly 28 Oct 2014
L.A. Opera’s current presentation of Dido & Aeneas and Bluebeard’s Castle, two separate, hourlong operas, makes for a night of distinct contrasts ... After intermission, the orchestra swells to 82 people for composer Béla Bartók and librettist Béla Balázs’ 1918 one-act, Hungarian-language opera Bluebeard’s Castle ... Kosky directed last year’s well-received production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute for L.A ... L.A ... Grand Ave. dwntwn.; Sunday, Nov....
The Metropolitan Opera Announces the 2014-15 Season (The Metropolitan Opera)
Edit noodls 13 Feb 2014
(Source. The Metropolitan Opera) The Met's 2014-15 Season Will Feature 26 Operas,. Including Three Met Premieres, ... Opening ... Duke Bluebeard's Castle - Béla Bartók ... 9 ... Béla Bartók ... Béla Balázs....
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