Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bartók:_Bluebeard's_Castle
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Opera_Recording_(1985,_Boulez_version)
gptkbp:basedOn Bluebeard folktale
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Béla_Bartók
gptkbp:duration about 60 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Egisto_Tango
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
20th-century modernism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkb:Debussy
gptkbp:language Hungarian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Béla_Balázs
gptkbp:librettoType symbolist
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Bluebeard
gptkb:Judith
gptkbp:notableAria "Judith's aria at the opening of the seventh door"
gptkbp:notableFeature only opera by Bartók
gptkbp:notableRecording Pierre Boulez, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jessye Norman, László Polgár (1981)
István Kertész, London Symphony Orchestra, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry (1965)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1918-05-24
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Royal_Hungarian_Opera_House,_Budapest
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Universal_Edition
gptkbp:setting Bluebeard's castle
gptkbp:structure prologue and seven doors
gptkbp:theme mystery
psychological drama
love and secrets
gptkbp:yearComposed 1911
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dawn_Upshaw
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5