Opera Fusion, Inc. presents Duke Bluebeard's Castle on Halloween

Seven Shades of Red... in One Act. Join us for our Gala Opening Performance as we present this eerie yet powerful tale of love gone wrong. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók* based his masterpiece on the folk legend of Duke Bluebeard; a rich, strange man living alone in an empty cold castle grossly in the habit of murdering his wives. The opera opens with his new wife, Judith, entering his castle. She is powerfully drawn to the sinister stranger and the old tales of the women who had disappeared over the years. Once inside she is confronted with seven enormous locked doors, which she must open to discover exactly who her new lover really is. Bluebeard tries to hide the truth of the doors from the insistent Judith. But this is opera after all, and she must open them. How does it end? Operatically, of course!

The audience is encouraged to come in costume in honor of the holiday. Along with a VIP ticket comes a private after party next door at Suri Tapas Bar, 707 Lake Avenue, with DJ, appetizers and a complimentary drink.

Dean Peterson as Bluebeard
Birgit Fioravante as Judith
Krisztina Kover & Robin Arrigo, pianists

From the Metropolitan Opera to San Francisco Opera to La Scala...
"The potent-voiced bass Dean Peterson as Bluebeard...gave an accomplished performance."
- The New York Times
"Veteran bass Dean Peterson was a superb Bluebeard. With credits that include the Met, La Scala and the Vienna State Opera, Peterson combines a powerful stage presence with a mellifluous bass voice of expressive power and depth... Birgit Fioravante [was] a glamorous but fiercely determined Judith... she is a true theatrical animal who commands the stage."
- Classical South Florida
*Performed in the original Hungarian with English supertitles.

October 31, 2014
8:30pm

Tickets $40 & $65(VIP)