Widely regarded as his ultimate masterpiece, Béla Bartók’s one act opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle is a gripping psychodrama will chill you to your core.

ENO presented this opera as a semi staged concert performance by two internationally acclaimed performers, this is a fascinating opera guaranteed to have you on the edge of your seat.

Do you dare peek behind the door of a disturbed mind? When newlywed Judith enters her husband’s dark foreboding castle, she is faced with seven locked doors that she is forbidden to enter. Intrigue leads her to break these rules, and with each unlocked door comes another horrifying revelation about the man she married. The castle can be seen as symbolic of Bluebeard’s soul, a dark mind filled with secrets that threaten to reveal his true nature. Or is it more a reflection of our own fears of loneliness, vulnerability and hidden secrets? You’ll have to see it and decide for yourself…