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20 October 2021
Theatre of Sound radically retells Bartók’s Bluebeard’s
Castle
Theatre of Sound is a new opera company that aims to place audiences at the heart
of unique and immersive 360 opera experiences. It launched on November 4th with a
brand new and intimate production of Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartók presented in
partnership with arts organisation and performance venue Stone Nest.
Credit: Mihaela Bodlovic
A new partnership between long-time collaborators Daisy Evans and Stephen
Higgins who have a shared passion and vision for presenting opera in new and
exciting ways reimagined Bluebeard’s Castle, usually presented as a Gothic horror
story centred around an abusive relationship, as a love story between a long-married
couple coming to terms with living with dementia.
Stone Nest, based in a stunning former Welsh chapel in the heart of London’s West
End, is hosting performances from 4-14 November. Sung in English in a newly-
commissioned translation, the production features a stellar cast of singers with
