Béla Bartók Bluebeard's Castle Door 7 Solti Sass Kováts

[Rory1956]

Whoever staged this knew Götz Friedrich's Parsifal a tad too well...

[MuseDuCafe]

A rich and gorgeous score. Fantastic theater-piece. Thank you so for making it available. Well-known enough, but imho, not enough!

[EIDOSeidos]

Yes, they never listen.

[Tsamnon]

Wonderful!

[andy957]

Haunting.

[wsp67326]

gee, and I was expecting him to have his own home theater/man-cave in there... just like a woman, can't leave well enough alone...

[Calehay]

Thanks for posting this. This is such a fantastic work.

[shardella1]

Thank you this is great! I Love this opera!!!

[TheVrajr]

Stunning!

[benjamincearense]

Thank you, Franzhun, for sharing this video. It is a great work of art!

[GerardDeDuivel]

Today, someone just casually mentioned Bluebeard's Castle to me. I never heard of it, to be honest.

Now, I'm completely speachless. I just watched the entire opera, with an English version of the libretto just a click away. Wonderful.

I'm not a great lover of opera, but the singing was really marvellous. What a setting. And most of all: the story... I'm not sure yet what to think of it, but it got me thinking, and that's the best an opera or any other work of art can do, isn't it?

[jonahbegone]

While the story is complex on a psychosexual level, it can be described as the conflict between a female's desire for intimacy and a male's desire for privacy. Among other things! Always been a favortie of mine. And Bartok's music is wild and otherworldly...

[Anibaal]

Me parece Que es Una Lectura Poco profunda, es retener en la Superficie en. Todos somos Judiths y Todos somos Barbazules

[citicelt]

@GerardDeDuivel (Re Bluebeards Castle

Was wondering where you were able to see the entire opera, on DVD, Netflix, or some internet location. thank you(citicelt@warwick.net)

[emokeemoke]

Sajnálom hogy nincs több Kováts kolos opera vagy más dal

franzhun kösztönöm neked

[bassethound1]

My God, what a wonderful performance.

[hungaryhotshot1]

wonderful in every way. totally authentic in perfect Hungarian with two great dramatic singers. Solti 's conducting probes the depths. Visually extraordinary and striking.

[Tompa4321]

Bluebeard's Castle is a great opera.

[hungaryhotshot1]

sure is!

[nsmtuzh]

@Tompa4321 The greatest opera. :D

[jonahbegone]

"an actual film adaptation of Berg's opera done with Toni Blankenheim, Sena Jurinac, and Bruno Maderna that was only available in Japan for a number of years." Ahhhh... that's a different one, then. BTW, I mean to write, "rotating box."

[jonahbegone]

"a really great film version of Alban Berg's opera of similar titles made available from the ArtHaus label"

The Dale Dusing one? I didn't like the artsy staging very much - that roting box between acts. I would have preferred a more conventional approach. The Herzog movie is pretty good.

[HerrWozzeck]

Roting box? I'm pretty sure that's not the one I'm talking about. The film I am talking about is an actual film adaptation of Berg's opera done with Toni Blankenheim, Sena Jurinac, and Bruno Maderna that was only available in Japan for a number of years.

[HerrWozzeck]

What the hell? Where's my sixth door? That has some of my favorite music in the entire friggin' opera!

Okay, back to the seventh door. Where'd Judith get the cloak and crown from? But other than that, it was a great way to end one of the best opera productions I've seen period. :D

[jonahbegone]

The Lake of Tears? I played this for my little son, once. He couldn't remember it very well, but he did recall the "Sad Pond." I've called it that ever since.

HerrWozzeck, huh? Have you seen the Herzog film adaptation of Woyzeck?

[HerrWozzeck]

No, like, where is it from this adaptation?

No, I haven't seen the Herzog film version of Woyzeck. There is, however, a really great film version of Alban Berg's opera of similar titles made available from the ArtHaus label that I own and cherish. :D

[athb4hu]

Én is kerestem a hatost! Mégis tesztett az, ami van. Még egyszer köszönöm ezt a szép emléket.

[MarySue1964]

@HerrWozzeck Bluebeard was supposed to have gotten that stuff from behind the third door, the treasury, and then put it on her.

[kb35lpm]

örök hála!!! nagyon régóta keresem.

sass sylviának köszönhetően sikerült felfigyelnem erre az operára, s vált az egyik kedvencemmé.

[sirmercutio99]

Seems to be hard to find this or the other version (Laurence/Lloyd) on Video. I wish someone would put a version on DVD.

[dorotheafayne]

Very beautiful music. Great video. Dorothea :))