Opera San José presents an all-new production of Béla Bartók’s psychological thriller Bluebeard’s Castle, directed by Shawna Lucey. The one-act opera follows Judith, played by Maria Natale, as she ...

The Minnesota Orchestra will present Béla Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle on May 8 and 9, 2026 at Orchestra Hall, led by Music Director Thomas Søndergård. The performances mark the launch of the Orchestra ...

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Susan Bullock and Lester Lynch join conductor Brad Cohen and the Auckland Philharmonia to perform Béla Bartók's masterful opera, Bluebeard's Castle. Recorded live as part of the 2026 Auckland Arts ...

There’s something slightly odd about listening to Bluebeard’s Castle, Bartók ...

Bass-baritone Samuel Ramey is a complex Bluebeard, portraying him as subtly menacing, and, in what lends a poignant quality to the character, touchingly vulnerable. When Bela Bartok composed his only ...

Coincidentally a famous Bluebeard, bass John Tomlinson, guested that same afternoon to talk about Wagner's Wotan/Wanderer on my Zoom Siegfried course, and when I mentioned that I was shortly heading ...