Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

The read

It runs long at 3h 6m.

Synopsis

Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind princess of the title in Tchaikovsky’s lyrical work, opposite Piotr Beczala as Vaudémont, the man who wins her love—and wakes her desire to be able to see. Nadja Michael and Mikhail Petrenko are Judith and Bluebeard in Bartók’s gripping psychological thriller about a woman discovering her new husband’s murderous past.

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Key crew

• Gary HalvorsonDirector
• Modest TchaikovskyWriter
• Béla BalázsWriter
• Mariusz TrelińskiDirector

Cast

• Anna NetrebkoIolanta
• Piotr BeczałaVaudémont
• Alexey MarkovDuke Robert
• Ilya BannikKing René
• Nadja MichaelJudith
• Mikhail PetrenkoBluebeard
• Jan FryczThe Voice
• Mzia NioradzeMarta
• Katherine WhyteBrigitte
• Cassandra Zoé VelascoLaura
• Matt BoehlerBertrand
• Keith JamesonAlméric

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