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Bass-baritone

Bálint Szabó

Bluebeard

Soprano

Andrea Meláth

Judith

Conductor

Zsolt Jankó

Stage director

Miklosh Sinetar

Spoken

Áron Dimény

Prologue of the Bard

Set designer

Beáta Szabó

Miklós Szinetár

Annamária Gombár

Costume designer

Gyula Lőrincz

Chorus master

Sándor Barabás

Endre Ferenczi

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Orchestra of the Hungarian Opera of Cluj

Opera Maghiară din Cluj-Napoca

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The choir of The Hungarian Opera in Cluj-Napoca and the Tokos Orchestra

A kékszakállú herceg vára -  (Bluebeard's Castle)

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

Opera Maghiară

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Bluebeard's Castle

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A Kékszákallú herceg vára Bartók

The piece is a mystery game or staged ballad in another genre definition. The opera takes place in “Legendary Times” in the Bluebeard Castle, but that castle actually represents the soul of the man. A XX. At the beginning of the 19th century, a world-painful loneliness and depiction of life prevailed in European literature, fine arts and music. It was in this mood that Béla Balázs wrote his mystery play using the original French saying and supporting Hungarian folk ballad instruments. He first offered his textbook to Kodály, but in the end he started Bartók's imagination sooner, who had not yet figured out that violinist Stefi Geyer had scolded it. Bartók met the libretto in this bitter, solitary atmosphere, and by the time the piece was finished, he married his student, Márta Ziegler, and offered him one act. He also submitted it to the opera competition of the Lipótváros Casino, but it was rejected on the grounds that it could not be performed, so the performance took place only 7 years later, directed by Dezső Zádor. The sets of the premiere were designed by Miklós Bánffy, the two main roles were sung by Oszkár Kálmán and Olga Haselbeck, the conductor was Egisto Tango, and the lyricist was told by Imre Palló! After eight performances, the piece was taken off the show, but it was played again from 1936, with great success, when it set out for international fame.

Bartók's music, as well as Béla Balázs's lyrics, are based on ballad-folk music, the prose music of the lyrics follows and amplifies the melodies. The Bluebeard's speeches are slower, Judith's more lively, nervous reclamations.

English

Bluebeard's Castle by Bartók, From (2020/2021), Directed by Miklosh Sinetar, Miklós Szinetár, Annamária Gombár,, Conductor Zsolt Jankó, Opera Maghiară, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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