A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY / BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE

Name: A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY / BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE
Start: 2026-10-03T00:00:00
End: 2026-10-12T23:59:00
Location: Vienna State Opera

EINE FLORENTINISCHE TRAGÖDIE / A KÉKSZAKÁLLÚ HERCEG VÁRA

Wiener Staatsoper

Run Dates

2026.10.03 ~ 2026.10.12

Vienna State Opera

Premiere

About the show

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.

Creatives

Oscar Wilde

Playwright/Author

Christian Schmidt

Set Designer

Christopher Maltman

Cast(Simone)

Asmik Grigoria

Cast(Bianca, Judith)

Johan Reuter

Cast(Simone)

Oscar Wilde

Playwright/Author

Christian Schmidt

Set Designer

Christopher Maltman

Cast(Simone)

Asmik Grigoria

Cast(Bianca, Judith)

Johan Reuter

Cast(Simone)

Details

by ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY Text Oscar Wilde in the German translation of Max Meyerfeld by BÉLA BARTÓK Text Béla Balázs Language German & Hungarian Director Vasily Barkhatov Set Designer Christian Schmidt Costume Designer Stefanie Seitz Lighting Designer Alexander Sivaev Video Roland Horvath PREMIERE CAST Eine florentinische Tragödie Guido Bardi Dmitry Golovnin Simone Christopher Maltman / Johan Reuter Bianca Asmik Grigorian Herzog Blaubarts Burg Herzog Blaubart Florian Boesch Judith Asmik Grigorian Musical Director Alain Altinoglu production photo ©Marcel Urlaub

Where it's been performed

Vienna State Opera

Wiener Staatsoper

Vienna

Austria

Vienna

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Austria

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