On this episode, I talk to my friend Ella about Béla Bartók's only opera Bluebeard's Castle.  Incidentally, the Hungarian opera is based on a French folk tale from the Middle Ages. This is a two-for-one episode: an opera recap and a folk tale recap!
We chat about the creepiness of emotionally closed and murderous men, the nightmares the original folk tale gave me, relationship dynamics, and whether or not the protagonist in this one is truly evil.

On this episode, I talk to my friend Ella about Béla Bartók's only opera Bluebeard's Castle. Incidentally, the Hungarian opera is based on a French folk tale from the Middle Ages. This is a two-for-one episode: an opera recap and a folk tale recap! We chat about the creepiness of emotionally closed and murderous men, the nightmares the original folk tale gave me, relationship dynamics, and whether or not the protagonist in this one is truly evil.

On this episode, I talk to my friend Ella about Béla Bartók's only opera Bluebeard's Castle.&nbsp; Incidentally, the Hungarian opera is based on a French folk tale from the Middle Ages. This is a two-for-one episode: an opera recap and a folk tale recap!
We chat about the creepiness of emotionally closed and murderous men, the nightmares the original folk tale gave me, relationship dynamics, and whether or not the protagonist in this one is truly evil.&nbsp;

Bluebeard's Castle with Ella

The show to make you realize you are smart enough to understand opera. On each episode, host Sophia tells the story of an opera to a friend with little to no experience, accompanied by some inebriated chuckles and lively conversation about the themes and characters. Broadcasting biweekly from a blanket fort in Berlin, Germany.

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