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Eine florentinische Tragödie / Herzog Blaubarts Burg - Wiener Staatsoper (2026)

Eine florentinische Tragödie / Herzog Blaubarts Burg - Wiener Staatsoper (2026)

Drama
Release Date: 2026, October 10
Directors: Vasily Barkhatov
Countries: Austria
Production: Wiener Staatsoper
Cast: Asmik Grigorian, Christopher Maltman, Florian Boesch, Dmitry Golovnin

Overview:

The two short operas Eine Florentinische Tragödie and Herzog Blaubarts Burg are linked by a central theme: the progressive recognition of the only seemingly familiar counterpart. In Zemlinsky's Eine Florentinische Tragödie, the murder of Bianca's lover by her jealous husband Simone leads to a dialog between the two spouses that surprisingly signals a new beginning of love. In Bartók's one-act opera, however, Judith's journey to the inner depths of her beloved Duke Bluebeard - symbolized by the opening of seven mysterious doors - ends in darkness and loneliness.