Duke Bluebeards Castle

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Duke Bluebeard's Castle (A Kékszakállù herceg vára). Opera in 1 act, Op.11, by Bartók, comp. 1911, to lib. by Béla Balázs (after fairy-tale by Perrault), for sop. and bar. Rev. 1912 and 1918. First perf. Budapest 1918, Dallas (concert) 1946, NY 1952, London 1957.

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