Name: Concert
Start: 2021-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Berliner Philharmonie

Organization

Bass-baritone

Johannes Martin Kränzle

Bluebeard

Soprano

Ildikó Komlósi

Judith

Conductor

Susanna Mälkki

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

Hungarian

Concert

Berlin

Germany

Zoltán Kodály described Béla Bartók’s only opera Bluebeard’s Castle as “a masterpiece, a condensed tragedy, a musical volcano that erupts for 60 minutes and leaves us with only one wish: to hear the whole thing again”. Written in 1911, the one-act piece is a brilliantly orchestrated symbolist drama that takes us deep into the emotional world of the fin de siècle. “What do you see?”, Bluebeard asks Judith, who wants to open the seven doors of his past. Susanna Mälkki presents this musical psychoanalysis that will make you shudder.

Berliner Philharmonie

Großer Saal

Concert Various (+1 More)

Public

Bluebeard's Castle

Approved

It is “a masterpiece, a musical volcano that erupts for sixty minutes of tragic intensity and leaves us with only one desire: to hear it again.” That is how Zoltán Kodály described Béla Bartók’s only opera, Bluebeard’s Castle. Composed in 1911, the one-act work is a brilliantly orchestrated symbolic psychological drama that takes us deep into the emotional world of the fin de siècle. “What do you see?” Bluebeard asks his bride Judith, who wants to open the seven doors of the Duke’s past. Susanna Mälkki conducts this musical psychoanalysis, which makes listeners shudder.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble