Duke Bluebeard's Castle
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Duke Bluebeard's Castle is a one-act symbolist opera by Béla Bartók that explores psychological darkness and mystery through the story of Bluebeard and his new wife Judith.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bluebeard’s Castle (libretto) | 1 |
| Duke Bluebeard's Castle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11019480 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Duke Bluebeard's Castle Context triple: [Béla Bartók, notableWork, Duke Bluebeard's Castle]
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Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
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Die Frau ohne Schatten
Die Frau ohne Schatten is a symbolist opera, with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and music by Richard Strauss, renowned for its rich orchestration, complex vocal writing, and fairy-tale–like exploration of humanity and sacrifice.
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Pierrot Lunaire
Pierrot Lunaire is a landmark 1912 melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg that combines Sprechstimme, chamber ensemble, and expressionist poetry, marking a pivotal shift toward atonality in 20th-century music.
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D.
Holberg Suite
Holberg Suite is a popular orchestral and piano suite by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg that evokes Baroque dance forms through a Romantic-era lens.
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E.
Romana von Hofmannsthal
Romana von Hofmannsthal was a member of European high society in the early 20th century, known primarily as the daughter of American heiress Ava Alice Muriel Astor and for her connections to the Astor family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Duke Bluebeard's Castle Target entity description: Duke Bluebeard's Castle is a one-act symbolist opera by Béla Bartók that explores psychological darkness and mystery through the story of Bluebeard and his new wife Judith.
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A.
Verklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.
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B.
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Die Frau ohne Schatten is a symbolist opera, with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and music by Richard Strauss, renowned for its rich orchestration, complex vocal writing, and fairy-tale–like exploration of humanity and sacrifice.
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C.
Pierrot Lunaire
Pierrot Lunaire is a landmark 1912 melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg that combines Sprechstimme, chamber ensemble, and expressionist poetry, marking a pivotal shift toward atonality in 20th-century music.
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D.
Holberg Suite
Holberg Suite is a popular orchestral and piano suite by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg that evokes Baroque dance forms through a Romantic-era lens.
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E.
Romana von Hofmannsthal
Romana von Hofmannsthal was a member of European high society in the early 20th century, known primarily as the daughter of American heiress Ava Alice Muriel Astor and for her connections to the Astor family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
one-act opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ symbolist opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bluebeard folk tale ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber |
BB 62
ⓘ
Sz. 48 ⓘ |
| characterVoiceType |
Bluebeard – baritone
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Judith – mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Royal Hungarian Opera (effectively, via competition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Béla Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionCompleted | 1911 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus | inner psychological states rather than external action ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 60 minutes ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Universal Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | symbolism ⓘ |
| language | Hungarian ⓘ |
| librettist | Béla Balázs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bluebeard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Judith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalInfluence |
Debussy
NERFINISHED
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Hungarian folk music ⓘ Richard Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous music without separate numbers
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motivic leitmotifs ⓘ symbolic use of orchestral color ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfDoors | 7 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitle | A kékszakállú herceg vára NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1918-05-24 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Royal Hungarian Opera House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Bluebeard's castle
NERFINISHED
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interior of a dark castle ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and seven scenes ⓘ |
| style | early 20th-century modernism ⓘ |
| theme |
curiosity
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emotional isolation ⓘ marital relationships ⓘ mystery ⓘ psychological darkness ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| vocalForces | two singers ⓘ |
| voiceType |
baritone
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mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
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