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CHAN 3133
Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle
Running Time: 63:01
Digital UPC: 5059864313332
CD UPC: 0095115313329
Release Date: May 2006
Originally recorded in June 2005
CD UPC: 0095115313329
Release Date: May 2006
Originally recorded in June 2005
Composer (1881-1945)
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Bass Voice bass - Duke Bluebeard/Minstrel
Sir John Tomlinson
Sir John Tomlinson
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Judith
Sally Burgess
Sally Burgess
Orchestra
Opera North Orchestra
Opera North Orchestra
Conductor
Richard Farnes
Richard Farnes
Venue
Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Town Hall
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Michael Common
Michael Common
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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BÉLA BARTÓK
(1881-1945)Bluebeard's Castle
63:07
Opera in one act
Libretto by Béla Balázs, English version by John Lloyd Davies, Prologue adapted for Opera North by Giles Havergal
Prologue
1.
Minstrel: 'Bluebeard's castle, a myth, a legend'
2:19
Opening
2.
Bluebeard: 'Will you enter? Look around you'
3:30
3.
Judith: 'Here I am in Bluebeard's castle'
3:31
4.
Bluebeard: 'Tell me why you came here, Judith'
2:14
5.
Judith: 'Ah! I can see seven doorways'
2:11
First Door - The Torture Chamber
6.
Judith: 'Oh, I heard your castle sighing'
2:40
7.
Bluebeard: 'What's there? What's there?'
4:11
Second Door - The Armoury
8.
Bluebeard: What's there?'
2:35
9.
Bluebeard: 'Trembling seizes all my castle'
1:54
Third Door - The Treasury
10.
Judith: 'Glittering gold!'
2:17
Fourth Door - The Secret Garden
11.
Judith: 'Oh! Lovely flowers! Oh! Beautiful scents'
4:49
Fifth Door - Bluebeard's Kingdom
12.
Judith: 'Ah!'
4:00
13.
Bluebeard: 'Look! Brightness has filled my castle'
2:58
Sixth Door - Tears
14.
Judith: 'Silent tranquil peaceful waters. . .'
5:27
15.
Bluebeard: 'My last door will stay unopened'
1:39
16.
Judith: 'Tell me truly, tell me Bluebeard'
2:37
17.
Judith: 'I know what's behind it Bluebeard'
4:07
Seventh Door - Bluebeard's Former Wives
18.
Bluebeard: 'Look upon the other women'
2:37
19.
Bluebeard: 'Daybreak - when I found the first one'
2:05
20.
Bluebeard: 'Midnight - when I found the fourth floor'
5:20
Orchestra: Opera North Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Farnes
5-6 June 2005
