Duke Bluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung

Show Info Cast & Creative

Genre Opera/Dance

Venue

Royal Opera House Get directions

First Performance 26/05/2006

Closing 17/06/2006

Running Time 2h5

Two one-act operas which share the theme of unravelling a psychological mystery.

Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Bartók’s only opera, follows Judith as she struggles to bring light to her new husband’s dark castle. Sung in Hungarian with English surtitles.

Schoenberg’s monodrama Erwartung ponders why a woman is wandering alone in the forest at night. sung in German with English surtitles.

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Cast

Bluebeard: Albert Dohmen, Petra Lang (26, 30 May, 2, 10, 12 June)/Christine Rice (15, 17 June); Erwartung: Angela Denoke

Creative

Director - Willy Decker

Designer - John F Macfarlane

Conductor - Kirill Petrenko

Lighting Designer - David Finn

Lyrics By - Bluebeard: Libretto by Balázs after a fairytale by Perrault; Erwartung: Libretto by Marie Pappenheim

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