Duke Bluebeard's castle
By: Bartók
Contributors: Balázs, Béla, 1884-1949, librettist; Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22- singer; DeYoung, Michelle, singer; Stevenson, Juliet, narrator; Salonen, Esa-Pekka, 1958- conductor; Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England); Philharmonia Voices
Published: 2014
Language: hun
Format: [sound recording] /
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Drama; Operas; Bluebeard (Legendary character)
Work titles: Kékszakállú herceg vára
Notes: Opera in 1 act.

Title from disc label.

Libretto by Béla Balázs.

Program notes and synopsis by Malcolm Gillies, libretto with English translation, and performer biographies (35 pages : portraits) inserted in container.

Sir John Tomlinson, bass ; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano ; Juliet Stevenson, narrator ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Philharmonia Voices ; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.

Recorded live 2011 November 8 Konzerthaus, Vienna.

Sung in Hungarian; narration in English.
Table of contents: title: Prologue and introduction (16:33); title: First door : Bluebeard's torture chamber (4:29); title: Second door : the armoury (4:50); title: Third door : the treasure room (2:41); title: Fourth door : the garden (5:22); title: Fifth door : Bluebeard's vast & beautiful kingdom (6:46); title: Sixth door : the lake of tears (14:42); title: Seventh door : Bluebeard's wives (11:15).