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 ...
Opera San José presents an all-new production of Béla Bartók's chilling one-act opera Bluebeard's Castle directed by OSJ General Director/CEO Shawna Lucey. This psychological thriller follows Judith ...
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 ...
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 ...