Wiener Staatsoper. pondělí 12. října 2026
Režie: Vasily Barkhatov
Wiener Philharmoniker, Alain Altinoglu
Asmik Grigorian
| Alexander von Zemlinsky | Eine florentinische Tragödie |
| Guido Bardi, Prinz von Florenz | Dmitry Golovnin |
| Simone, ein Kaufmann | Christopher Maltman |
| Bianca, seine Frau | Asmik Grigorian |
| Béla Bartók | Herzog Blaubarts Burg |
| Herzog Blaubart | Florian Boesch |
| Judith | Asmik Grigorian |
| Musikalische Leitung | Alain Altinoglu |
| Inszenierung | Vasily Barkhatov |
| Bühne | Christian Schmidt |
| Kostüme | Stefanie Seitz |
| Licht | Alexander Sivaev |
| Video | Roland Horvath |
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.
Although composed at almost the same time, the two pieces of the evening, A Florentine Tragedy and Bluebeard’s Castle, offer completely different soundscapes, which gives this combination an additional appeal. In Bluebeard ’s Castle, described as a mystery by the librettist Béla Balázs, one can hear the influence of the French Impressionists as well as Béla Bartók’s preoccupation with Eastern European folk music. There is a particular focus on the orchestra, which takes on the actual leading role here and depicts the emotional ups and downs of the protagonists as well as the actual narrative of the drama. The two protagonists, Judith and the Duke, take on the role of a commenting declamation for long stretches.
In Alexander Zemlinsky’s Eine Florentinische Tragödie, the audience is treated to an extraordinarily lush orchestral splendor inspired by Oscar Wilde’s richly pictorial poem, which oscillates between late Romanticism and modernism and was clearly influenced by Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss.