Nacht

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Program

Paul Dukas
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue - Overture
to the 3rd act
1907
Claude Debussy
Nuages and Fêtes from
Trois Nocturnes
1900

Béla Bartók
Bluebeard's Castle
Opera in one act op. 11, Sz 48
1911

Cast
Victoria Karkacheva mezzo-soprano
Gerald Finley bass-baritone
Susanna Mälkki Conductor

It is dark and cold in the castle where Bluebeard leads his young wife Judith. With the power of her love, she wants to decipher her husband's mysterious past, shed light on the gloom and build bridges across the abyss. However, she is not allowed to ask any questions; seven closed doors hold secrets. Judith begins to open them one by one ... The depths of the human soul are also dark. Locked within it are drives, fears, dreams and nightmares. In his only opera, Bluebeard's Castle, Béla Bartók penetrates the chambers of the human subconscious. The well-known fairy tale of the bloodthirsty murderer of women, Bluebeard, serves as the template for a gripping psycho-drama with a magical pull. Innocence, inner turmoil, speechlessness and hopelessness in the face of the cruelties of fate: the chamber play of Judith and Bluebeard shows people caught between love, hope, despair and death. An operatic thriller that does not need a stage for its suggestive, visually powerful effect.

Price information:

60 / 48 / 38 / 26 / 20 / 12 € Young adults: 9€ (small contingent)