Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, starring soprano Anna Netrebko, shares a double bill with Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, starring Nadja Michael and Mikhail Petrenko. Bass baritone Eric Owens hosts the broadcast.

Timpanist Ryan DiLisi and Scottish mezzo soprano Karen Cargill will be featured at the May 22 and 24 concerts.

Opera San José presents an all-new production of Béla Bartók’s psychological thriller Bluebeard’s Castle, directed by Shawna Lucey. The one-act opera follows Judith, played by Maria Natale, as she ...

Houston Symphony has scheduled only two performances of Béla Bartók’s magnificent opera Bluebeard’s Castle. One occurred last night, Saturday, and the final performance is Sunday matinee. This review ...

The eponymous hirsute duke of Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle yields to the pressure of his new wife Judith to open one door after another of his castle, revealing aspects of his former life that he ...

Back in 2009, English National Opera presented a dark production by Daniel Kramer of Bartók’s one-act opera about Duke Bluebeard and his new wife Judith; its eerie, creepy images of imprisoned ...

Béla Bartók’s only opera, the fantastical one-act masterpiece Bluebeard’s Castle is a mysterious encounter between two characters, Duke Bluebeard and his new wife, Judith. In the castle, Judith not ...

On the heels of her triumphant Met performances as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of ...

Naomi Louisa O'Connell and Ryan McKinny in rehearsal for BLO's "Bluebeard's Castle." (Courtesy Kathy Wittman/Ball Square Films) Many honeymoons begin at Flynn Cruiseport in South Boston, but not this ...

It’s one of the most visually stunning programs the Seattle Symphony has ever presented. And there’s one more chance (this Thursday) to see and hear this exciting semi-staged production of Bartók’s ...