Béla Bartók's only operatic work defies clear categories: Is it a relationship drama, a psychological chamber play or a musical parable? In Bluebeard's Castle, the interior of a castle becomes a ...

“Bluebeard’s Castle,” a dark musical thriller inspired by a medieval French fairy tale, makes its American premiere at the Odyssey Theatre with a preview set for Halloween, followed by opening weekend ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind princess of the title in Tchaikovsky’s lyrical work, ...

KRON4 News Anchor Stephanie Lin speaks with Maria Natale, a rising star in the opera scene. She is returning to Opera San Jose February 15 to March 2 to perform in Bluebeard's Castle.

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 ...

The second half of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s two-week residency with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was dominated by a stirring performance of “Bluebeard’s Castle,” Bela Bartok’s only opera. Last Thursday ...

It’s been too long since we’ve seen Esa-Pekka Salonen on the podium. The conductor-composer, a youthful 66, had to bail on his annual Chicago Symphony booking last season to receive the Polar Music ...

Ever since handsome young Hungarian-born Conductor Antal Dorati went to Dallas four years ago, he has labored to make his new countrymen conscious of one of his old: the late great Hungarian composer ...