Stage Director

A woman wanders a forest at night desperately searching for her lover. Newlyweds Duke Bluebeard (Johannes Martin Kränzle) and Judith (2018 Birgit Nilsson Prize recipient Nina Stemme) tour the Duke’s dark castle, each of its seven rooms more shocking than the last. Jaap van Zweden conducts the US Stage Premiere of Bengt Gomér’s bold production of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Schoenberg’s Erwartung (Katarina Karnéus), both psychological one-act operas. US Stage Premiere of Bengt Gomér’s production of Erwartung and Bluebeard’s Castle in collaboration with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung

Bengt Gomér — director / set and lighting designer of the staging of Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung that the New York Philharmonic will present in its US Stage Premiere September 26–28 — and Nina Stemme — who plays Judith in Bluebeard's Castle — will go behind-the-scenes to discuss the making of this new production with New York Philharmonic Vice President, Artistic Planning, Isaac Thompson.

Stage Director

Bengt Gomér

Events

Past events

26 - 28 Sep, 2019

Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung · New York Philharmonic

Sep 24, 2019

Insights at the Atrium: "Staging Tales of Darkness" · New York Philharmonic

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