Principles of Pitch Organization in Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle.
"Data on the Genesis of Duke Bluebeard's Castle".
May 24 - Béla Bartók's opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle (composed 1911) is premiered in Budapest.
Mr. Ramey will be reprising the title role of 'Duke Bluebeard' in Opera Omaha's production of Bluebeard's Castle on April 19 and 21, 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Blaubart, lyric opera (1972-75) (a companion piece to Duke Bluebeard's Castle)
The chilling story tells of Duke Bluebeard's new wife, Judith, who has heard rumors about the suspicious disappearances of Bluebeard's previous wives.
The most famous modern Hungarian opera is Béla Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle.
Albert Dohmen sings the role of the fearsome, secretive Duke Bluebeard, and Anne Sofie von Otter is Judith, his tragically innocent new wife.
The second example, Judit's first line in Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1912), employs a short, straight line between the fourth and fifth notes to indicate a steady rise in pitch.
In February 1998, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker made her debut as an opera director at La Monnaie with Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle.