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Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Kindertotenlieder
Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Kindertotenlieder
Béla Bartók / Gustav Mahler
New Production
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Libretto: Béla Balázs / Friedrich Rückert
First Performance (Bartók): Budapest, Opera, 24 May, 1918
First Performance of this production at the Israeli Opera: December 15, 2010
| Conductor | Ilan Volkov | |
| Director | Shirit Lee Weiss | |
| Set Designer | Dale Chihuly | |
| Lighting Designer | Eyal Levi |
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| Bluebeard | Vladimir Braun | |
| Judit | Svetlana Sandler | |
| Moderator | Alex Anski | |
| Mezzo Soprano (Mahler) |
Edna Prochnik |
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The Opera Orchestra - The |
| Sung in Hungarian/German |
| Surtitles in English and Hebrew |
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Length of performance: approx. two hours |
World renowned artist Dale Chihuly has created a spectacular set for Bartók’s psychological opera. Two important vocal works in one evening in which a concert performance of Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder precedes the opera.
Synopsis
Dates
Wed* 15.12.10 (20:00), Thurs 16.12.10 (20:00), Fri 17.12.10 (13:00), Sat 18.12.10 (20:00),
Mon 20.12.10 (20:00), Tues 21.12.10 (20:00), Wed 22.12.10 (20:00), Thurs 23.12.10 (20:00)
Ticket Prices: 175/237/304/378/428 Nis
*15 Nis more for Saturday night performances
Towards Opening: Sat 11.12.10 (11:00)
Before the show back stage tours: Thu 16.12 (19:00), Sat 18.12 (19:00), Wed 22.12
Ticket Price: 25 Nis
Opera Talkback: Thu 16.12, Mon 20.12
Review
"There's no denying the theatrical power of Chihuly's six-piece Bluebeard
collection and his sensitivity to both the music and the text" (Third Coast Digest)
