Le Château de Barbe-Bleue

Presented by Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (LR-228514). Le Château de Barbe-Bleue Béla Bartók A mind-blowing vocal face-to-face delivered here by two giants of the opera stage. Cast Elīna Garanča | Judith Christian Van Horn | Bluebeard Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo Lio Kuokman | musical direction Program In the first part of the program Bartók Allegro barbaro, arranged for orchestra by Giancarlo Chiaramello Kodály Dances of Galánta In a few words When composing Le Château de Barbe-Bleue, Bartók was at the confluence of his discovery of Debussy's music and his ethnomusicological research into folk repertoires. His only opera would be the fruitful fusion of both influences. Structured into seven moments corresponding to each of the castle doors, Le Château de Barbe-Bleue is a powerful work, an existential drama where romantic feelings are laid bare in a concise form. But this is merely a surface economy for anyone aware of the orchestral forces and vocal prowess the work demands. A thrilling and gripping face-to-face acting as a metaphor for loneliness and the difficulty of intimate relationships. Corealization Les Grandes Voix | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées