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Discovering Bluebeard's Castle
Posted by Cindy Battisti on 01 28 2015
DESIGN NOTES: Once upon a time, when I was first intently "learning
opera" by reading Opera for Dummies, I became fascinated by Bartok’s opera Duke Bluebeard's
Castle.
What the heck is this story? A dark fairytale? A supernatural kind of “twilight zone” thing? Vampire story, zombie tale? An allegory that only some English professor can sort out?
Whatever it is, I was so inspired that I immediately had a vision of what that bracelet would look like. BUT due to the macabre nature of the story, I assumed- probably rightly, that no one would want to wear it...
Recently one of our Opera Bracelets Facebook friends encouraged me to go ahead and make that design come to reality.
I can’t wait to wear it to the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD performance of Bluebeard’s Castle / Iolanta on February 14! Hopefully it may make a nice gift for the many other fans and Bluebeard’s wives out there in years to come…
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