The girl next door
On first hearing, Paul Dukas’ 1907 opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Ariane and Bluebeard) sounds like the love child of a three-way between Wagner, Strauss, and Debussy.
5 pieces since 2013 — at 2 companies, most often at St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
2 pieces as Gran Teatre del Liceu — stats above show all coverage for Stéphane Denève.
View allOn first hearing, Paul Dukas’ 1907 opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Ariane and Bluebeard) sounds like the love child of a three-way between Wagner, Strauss, and Debussy.
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