Organization

Edinburgh International Festival

Regia

Daisy Evans

Direzione d'orchestra

Stephen Higgins

Cantante

Soprano

Susan Bullock

Judith

Charlotte Hellekant

Basso-baritono

Michael Mayes

Il duca Barbablù

Lester Lynch

Orchestra

Hebrides Ensemble

inglese

A kékszakállú herceg vára -  (Il castello del principe Barbablù)

Edimburgo

Regno Unito

Church Hill Theatre

A kékszakállú herceg vára Bartók

Public

Il castello del principe Barbablù

Approvato

Groundbreaking new opera company Theatre of Sound presents a newly commissioned libretto of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, sung in English by two stellar casts performing in rotation. They're accompanied by musicians from the Hebrides Ensemble playing a new chamber orchestration conducted by Stephen Higgins. This poignant production was awarded the Opera and Music Theatre Award at the 2023 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards.

In a departure from the original folktale, director Daisy Evans reimagines the relationship between Bluebeard and Judith. Instead of ominous doors, a locked trunk sits in the living room. Judith begs for it to be opened, over and over again, and as it is, memories spill out – a wedding, a child, a family. This castle is not a dank, airless dungeon, but rather a happy home where Judith and Bluebeard have shared their most precious memories.

But now Judith is living with dementia. She slips away from Bluebeard, leaving him alone with the shreds of their life.

This Bluebeard is a love story.

A touch tour for this production is available before the 8pm performance on 26 August.

English

Il castello del principe Barbablù by Bartók, Da (2023/2023), Diretto da Daisy Evans,, Direttore d'orchestra Stephen Higgins, Church Hill Theatre, Edimburgo, Regno Unito

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