BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE

Composer: Béla Bartók
Libretto by: Béla Balázs
Directed by: Shawna Lucey
Opera San Jose, CA - 2025

Conducted by: Joseph Marcheso
Set by: Steven C. Kemp
Costumes by: Caitlin Cisek
Lighting by: Michael Clark
Hair+Makeup by: Christine Martin

‘Bluebeard’s Castle’ at Opera San José glistens like a jewel…Lucey, scenic designer Steven Kemp and lighting designer Michael Clark took the staging details in the libretto seriously and literally. The handsomely gloomy set, lit by many chandeliers and sconces, has seven doors of different colors, plus an array of vaguely medieval furniture.

Lisa Hirsch
San Francisco Chronicle