From Scores Unstitched.

Horror opera. Oh yeah, it’s a thing. So dust off those skeleton keys and let’s dive into one of opera’s most gory, gothic psychological thrillers: Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle”. 🩸🏰👸

🎧 M U S I C
All recordings of Bluebeard’s Castle are clipped from this gorrrrgeous movie adaptation performed by the London Philharmonic:
👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx_4xDA2w0A

Epidemic Sound:
”Hiding in Shadows” by Luella Gren
“Jeanne in a Waltz” by Leimoti
”Mysterious Forest” by Howard Harper-Barnes
“Life in Pieces” by Howard Harper-Barnes
“The Four Seasons (Winter II. Largo)” by Vivaldi
“Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 (I. Allegro)” by Mozart

YouTube Music Library:
”Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saëns

📺 S H O R T F O R M
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🔗 M O R E
Podcast: “Never Heard I Ever”, where I get exposed by a radio DJ to all the “normal” music I’ve never heard. (Don’t listen from the beginning.)
👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJn_rewgi3lbaWhFZKYumKh1CO-ksrQ2S

TIMELINE
0:00 Intro
0:36 Quick plot overview (no spoilers)
2:03 Symbolism of the castle & Bluebeard’s mind
4:28 Creepy parallels between Bluebeard and Bartók
5:19 Expressionism. What is she?
7:10 How Bartók wrote Bluebeard’s Castle
8:13 What to expect at the opera house
8:48 Atonality? Not so much!
9:43 No arias?
10:50 The ‘blood’ motif
12:36 The castle, musically speaking
14:30 Can we talk about floaty sopranos for a sec? ❤️