In 1911, Bartók wrote what was to be his only opera, Bluebeard's Castle, dedicated to Márta.

The most famous modern Hungarian opera is Béla Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle.

* 1998 Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle – Jessye Norman & László Polgár, principal soloists ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Roger Wright, producer ( Deutsche Grammophon )

* May 24-Béla Bartók's opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle ( composed 1911 ) is premiered in Budapest.

** Pierre Boulez ( conductor ), Jessye Norman, László Polgár & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

During this period in Kertész's career, in 1966, he also recorded Bluebeard's Castle with Christa Ludwig singing the role of Judith and Walter Berry in the title role.

* Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle ( Ludwig, Berry ), London Symphony Orchestra ( 1965 ), DECCA SET 311

He has also appeared on television and video productions of the Met's productions of Carmen and Bluebeard's Castle, San Francisco's production of Mefistofele, Glyndebourne's production of The Rake's Progress and Salzburg's production of Don Giovanni.

** Pierre Boulez ( conductor ), Jessye Norman, László Polgár & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

During this time he conducted operas including Jenůfa, From the House of the Dead, I due Foscari, Salome, Fidelio, Mary Stuart, Káťa Kabanová, Peter Grimes, Tristan und Isolde, La forza del destino, The Jacobin, La traviata, Il trovatore, the world première of James MacMillan ’ s Inês de Castro, ( a revival of which was broadcast by BBC television ), The Cunning Little Vixen, Turandot, Hansel and Gretel, La bohème, The Queen of Spades, Dalibor, Der Rosenkavalier, Macbeth, Parsifal, Don Giovanni, Erwartung, Bluebeard's Castle and The Knot Garden.

* Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle, with Ferenc Fricsay

* Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle, with Wolfgang Sawallisch

Highlights in Boston that she conducted and / or stage directed included La voyage de la lune, Otello ( with Tito Gobbi as Iago ), Command Performance ( world premiere ), Manon and Faust ( both with Beverly Sills and Norman Treigle ), Lulu ( U. S. East Coast premiere ), I puritani ( with Dame Joan Sutherland ), Intolleranza ( U. S. premiere ), Boris Godunov ( original version ), Hippolyte et Aricie ( U. S. stage premiere, with Plácido Domingo ), La bohème ( with Renata Tebaldi and Domingo ), Moses und Aron ( U. S. premiere ), The Rake's Progress, Bluebeard's Castle, Carmen ( with Marilyn Horne ), Macbeth ( original version ), The Good Soldier Schweik, The Fisherman and His Wife ( world premiere, with Muriel Costa-Greenspon ), La finta giardiniera, Norma ( with Sills ), Les Troyens, Don Carlos ( U. S. premiere of original French version ), Don Quichotte, War and Peace ( U. S. stage premiere, with Arlene Saunders ), Benvenuto Cellini ( U. S. premiere, with Jon Vickers ), I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Montezuma ( U. S. premiere ), Ruslan and Ludmila ( U. S. premiere ), Rigoletto ( with Sills, Richard Fredricks, and Susanne Marsee ), Stiffelio ( U. S. stage premiere ), La damnation de Faust, Tosca ( with Magda Olivero ), La vide breve, El retablo de maese Pedro, The Ice Break ( U. S. premiere ), Aïda ( with Shirley Verrett in the title role ), Die Soldaten ( U. S. premiere ), The Invisible City of Kitezh, Taverner ( U. S. premiere ), The Makropoulos Case ( with Anja Silja, William Cochran, and Chester Ludgin ), Médée ( in French and Greek ), Dead Souls ( U. S. premiere ), Der Rosenkavalier ( with Dame Gwyneth Jones ), and, finally, The Balcony ( world premiere, 1990 ).

He proved to be as gifted in opera as in theatre, staging Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung at the Canadian Opera Company, The Damnation of Faust in Japan and Paris, and Lorin Maazel's 1984 at Covent Garden's Royal Opera House in London in 2005.

He is perhaps best remembered as the librettist of Bluebeard's Castle which he originally wrote for his roommate Zoltán Kodály, who in turn introduced him to the eventual composer of the opera, Béla Bartók.

He notably staged the world premiere of Aaron Copland's The Tender Land, the New York premiere of William Walton's Troilus and Cressida, and the United States premieres of Gottfried von Einem's The Trial and Béla Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle.

This opera was presented in a double bill with Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle with Norman playing the role of Judith.

:* Judith, Bluebeard's Castle ( Bartók )

* In 1998 won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for " Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle ".

* Bluebeard's Castle ( 1952 ; translation of the libretto by Béla Balázs for the opera by Béla Bartók ).

Beginning in the late 1970s she began to tackle soprano roles, including Selika in L ' Africaine, Judith in Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle, Lady Macbeth Macbeth, Madame Lidoine in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites ( Met1977 ), Tosca, Norma ( from Boston 1976 till Messina 1989 ), Aida ( Boston 1980 and 1989 ), Desdemona ( Otello ) ( 1981 ), Leonore ( Fidelio ) ( Met 1983 ), Iphigénie ( 1984 – 85 ), Alceste ( 1985 ), Médée ( Cherubini ) ( 1986 )..

* Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle conducted by Bernard Haitink ( 1996 ) EMI

Duke Bluebeard's Castle (; literally: The Castle of the Blue-Bearded Duke ) is a one-act opera by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók.

The opera lasts only a little over an hour and there are only two singing characters onstage: Bluebeard (), and his new wife Judith (); the two have just eloped and Judith is coming home to Bluebeard's castle for the first time.

** Duke Bluebeard, Bluebeard's Castle ( Béla Bartók )

* Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle – Judith ( Boulez, 1976, Columbia / Sony )

* Bluebeard's Eighth Wife ( 1938 ), d. Ernst Lubitsch

*" Bluebeard's Ghost " by W. M. Thackeray ( 1843 )

Other actors noted Colbert's comic timing ; David Niven related in his biography that Gary Cooper was " terrified " at the prospect of working with Colbert in his first comedy, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, because he considered Colbert to be an expert in the genre.

Cedar Point continued to update its ride attractions, replacing the Racer, the Circle Swing, and many other rides to make way for a Shoot-the-Chutes water ride, a Tilt-A-Whirl, and fun houses such as Noah's Ark and Bluebeard's Palace.

The 1960 film, Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons, starred George Sanders as Landru.

In Hollywood, he appeared in numerous films including starring opposite Gloria Swanson in the 1923 film Bluebeard's 8th Wife.

The Niten Ki records " received from Lord Tadatoshi: 17 retainers, a stipend of 300 koku, the rank of ōkumigashira 大組頭, and Chiba Castle in Kumamoto as his residence.

Despite Edward Heath claiming it was a ' hard, cold budget, without any glimmer of warmth ' Jenkins ' first budget broadly received a warm reception, with Harold Wilson remarking that ' it was widely acclaimed as a speech of surpassing quality and elegance ' and Barbara Castle that it ' took everyone's breath away '.

Stephen returned to London but received news that Ranulf, his brother and their family were relaxing in Lincoln Castle with a minimal guard force, a ripe target for a surprise attack of his own.

Whatever the circumstances were, the marriage failed, and Anne agreed to a peaceful annulment, assumed the title My Lady, the King's Sister, and received a massive divorce settlement, which included Richmond Palace, Hever Castle, and numerous other estates across the country.

The Gladstones returned to Hawarden Castle at the end of March and he received the Colonial Premiers in their visit for the Queen's Jubilee.

While " Black Agnes ," Countess-consort Dunbar and March, continued to resist the English laying siege to Dunbar Castle, hurling defiance and abuse from the walls, Scotland received some breathing space when Edward III claimed the French throne and took his army to Flanders, beginning the Hundred Years ' War with France.

The former queen received a generous settlement, including Richmond Palace, and Hever Castle, home of Henry's former in-laws, the Boleyns.

On 4 July 1958, she received an honorary DLitt from Durham University at a congregation in Durham Castle.

She was received by Lord Dacre, Henry's Warden of the Marches, and taken to Harbottle Castle in Northumberland.

In 1407 he and his brother finally agreed on how to split the inheritance: Oswald received a third of Castle Hauenstein and the accompanying estates in Seis am Schlern.

During the negotiations, Edward stayed briefly at Edinburgh Castle, and may have received homage from Scottish nobles at the castle.

Stephen returned to London but received news that Ranulf, his brother and their family were relaxing in Lincoln Castle with a minimal guard force, a ripe target for a surprise attack of his own.

The college received another substantial endowment from the estate of Sir John Fastolf of Caister Castle in Norfolk ( 1380 – 1459 ).

Carisbrooke, Corfe, Dover, Porchester, Saltwood and Southampton Castle received cannon during the late 14th century, small circular " keyhole " gunports being built in the walls to accommodate the new weapons.

Attractions such as Warwick Castle received 6, 000 visitors during 1825 to 1826, many of them travelling from the growing industrial towns in the nearby Midlands, while Victorian tourists recorded being charged six-pence to wander around the ruins of Goodrich Castle.

Strathbogie came over to the Bruce interest after disagreements with his fellow ' disinherited ' but his fierce opposition to Randolph came to a head at a Parliament held at Dairsie Castle in early 1335 when Strathbogie received the support of Robert.

The family had long dwelt in the Castle of Mirandola ( Duchy of Modena ), which had become independent in the fourteenth century and had received in 1414 from the Emperor Sigismund the fief of Concordia.

In May 1945, the US Navy " received in custody " Dr. Herbert A. Wagner, the inventor of the Hs 293 missile ; for two years, he first worked at the Special Devices Center, at Castle Gould and at Hempstead House, Long Island, New York ; in 1947, he moved to the Naval Air Station Point Mugu.

Later, the disagreement between King Stephen and Archbishop Theobald in 1148 created yet another scenario for Hugh Bigod to come forward ; this time, he sided with the archbishop, and received him in his Castle of Framlingham, but joined with others in achieving a reconciliation.

After his release, Sorley Boy received a large ransom upon seizing the constable of Carrickfergus Castle, and went on to subjugate the MacQuillans.

He received further acclaim in the summer of 1315, when he successfully defended Carlisle Castle against a siege by Robert the Bruce.

The Royal Family received a private screening at Windsor Castle in September.

The first free settler in Castle Hill was Frenchman, Baron Verincourt de Clambe, who received a grant of 200 acres ( 800, 000 m² ) in 1802.