Dutoit’s pacing was finely calibrated to ratchet up the tension

The RPO and Dutoit presented the imagistic score with precision

Bartók’s portrait of marital failure chillingly realised

Last-minute substitutes deliver the goods in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

A fine performance, with Judith and Bluebeard hovering between character and archetype

A tremendous account of Bartok’s unique opera

Far more than a fairy tale