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Bartok - Bluebeard’s Castle | Naxos - Opera 8660928

Bartok - Bluebeard’s Castle

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Label: Naxos - Opera

Cat No: 8660928

Barcode: 0730099692823

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 29th October 2007

Contents

Artists

Gustav Belacek (bass)
Andrea Melath (mezzo-soprano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Marin Alsop

Works

Bartok, Bela

Bluebeard's Castle, op.11 Sz48

Artists

Gustav Belacek (bass)
Andrea Melath (mezzo-soprano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Marin Alsop

About

A modern version of the old European folk-tale about the cruel, blue-bearded prince and his many disappearing wives, Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle is a metaphor for the impossibility of complete love between a man and a woman.

A vast orchestra, one of Bartók’s largest, supports the vocal lines, moving deftly from moments of chamber-music-like delicacy to massive thunderheads of sound that underline the characters’ inner agony. No scene is more vividly portrayed, though, or more memorable, than the moment when Judith opens the fifth door to behold a vista looking out over all Bluebeard’s domains. One of the most spine-tingling moments in twentieth-century opera, a violently dissonant wave of sound transforms, in an instant, to a massive C major chord in the full orchestra.

This recording was made after the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s end-of-season concert, described by The Times as “a spectacular finale… A knockout dramatic punch; feverishly beautiful orchestral playing; two characters, the Duke and his new wife Judith, tactile and writhing, deeply felt… Alsop inspired the Bournemouth players to excel”.

Sung in Hungarian

Cast:
Duke Bluebeard - Gustáv Beláček (bass)
Judith - Andrea Meláth (mezzo-soprano)

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