Opera Cheat Sheet: Bluebeard's Castle

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Bluebeard and Judith in an illustration by Gustave Doré for an 1862 edition of Perrault's Tales. Public domain. In this OCS, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly, executive director of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, provide a quick overview of Béla Bartók’s 1918 one-act opera Bluebeard’s Castle. Based on a Charles Perrault fairy tale, Bluebeard’s Castle is a cautionary tale about what can happen when a new wife wants to know all about... Read More

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