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Duke Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung From the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, two expressionist masterpieces. In Bartok's only opera, Bluebeard's new bride persuades her husband to open his castle's seven mysterious locked doors, leading to a terrible discovery. And in Schoenberg's monodrama Erwartung, a woman wanders into a forest to pursue her lost lover. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,

Covent Garden, conductor Lothar Zagrosek
Bartok Duke Bluebeard's Castle
8.35 Twenty Minutes: Serial Soundtracks David Huckvale explores Schoenberg's fascination with film and pictorial music.
8.55 Schoenberg Erwartung
Lending voice to villainy: page 14

Contributors

Conductor:
Lothar Zagrosek
Unknown:
David Huckvale
Bluebeard:
Willard W White (bass)
Judith:
Katarina Dalayman (soprano)
Woman:
Inga Nielsen (soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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