Pursuits
Bluebeard, Blind Princess, Putin Pals Liven Up Met: Hoelterhoff
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An elevator into the subconscious and a hunted fawn took us into a dark, strange world inhabited by a serial killer and a blind princess as the Metropolitan Opera presented a double bill of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” on Thursday.
Thrillingly staged by Mariusz Trelinski, a Polish director making his Met debut, the evening featured Anna Netrebko, Nadja Michael, Mikhail Petrenko, Valery Gergiev and one unexpected Ukrainian protester.