The Miraculous Mandarin | Bluebeard's Castle
A double bill featuring the Teatro Real premieres of two works by Béla Bartók. Stage director Christof Loy returns after his Eugene Onegin and Arabella, among other successes, to explore the dark fairy world of this Hungarian composer, bringing together two of his key works and emphasising the connection between them: the power of true, infinite love.
The miraculous Mandarin
One act pantomime ballet, Op. 19, Sz. 73
After Menyhért Lengyel’s story (1917)
Music: Béla Bartók
Teatro Real, in co-production with Theater Basel
Bluebeard's castle
Opera in one act
Libretto: Béla Balázs, after a Charles Perrault’s fairy-tale La Barbe bleu (1697)
Music: Béla Bartók
Teatro Real, in co-production with Theater Basel
Artistic team
Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno
Director and choreography: Christof Loy
Set design: Márton Ágh
Costume design: Barbara Drosihn
Lighting design: Thomas Kleinstück
Chorus design: José Luis Basso
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