Name: Salonen Conducts Bluebeard’s Castle
Start: 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Symphony Center Chicago

Organization

Admin

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Orchestra

Singer

Bass-baritone

Christian Van Horn

Bluebeard

Soprano

Ekaterina Gubanova

Judith

Salonen Conducts Bluebeard’s Castle

Chicago

United States

Symphony Center Chicago

Salonen Conducts Bluebeard’s Castle: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 36 Beethoven (+1 More)

Public

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Bluebeard's Castle

Gregorio Chávez Coutiño

Approved

Salonen Conducts Bluebeard’s Castle: Christian Van Horn Bass

Overview
A taut and gripping thriller, Bartók’s one-act opera follows Duke Bluebeard and his newest wife Judith as she opens the seven doors of his castle and discovers increasingly disturbing sights. Opera stars Christian Van Horn and Ekaterina Gubanova bring to life these ill-fated characters. Juxtaposed with this macabre folktale is Beethoven’s joyful Second Symphony.

Sung in Hungarian with English supertitles.

Bluebeard’s Castle by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, publisher and copyright owner.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble