Béla Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle at the Royal Festival Hall, reviewed by Jonathan Karstadt
The story of Bluebeard, popularised by the French writer Charles Perrault in his 1659 version, is among the oldest and best-known European folk tales. It differs from telling to telling, but invariably revolves around the arrival of a young bride at the home of her mysterious older husband, and the discovery of the murdered corpses…
| 03/02/2015