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Synopsis
The prince is loved by two princesses, one “beautiful” and the other “ugly”. He loves the
beautiful princess: dejected by the prince’s rejection, the ugly princess develops magical powers
so strong that she is able to turn the prince into a blue bird and thus separate the two lovers.
But the blue bird finds its way back to the beautiful princess, although she is kept captive, and
reinstates her faith in a wide and exciting world on the other side of the dungeon walls. But
when the ‘ugly’ princess finds him out and wounds him, the prince has to go through yet another
transformation, as a comet. He will now appear in the sky only for brief moments, before
heading back into deep space. His bluebird plumage, left behind, lends anybody who touches it
the ability to understand foreign tongues and overcome hostility.
Der blaue Vogel
04.09.1999 Theater Hagen
“The music looks back, without relinquishing its individual voice. [...]This score is harmonically
structured and definitely shows a love for the human voice. [...] You want to listen to this opera
again straight away.”
(Opernwelt 10/1999)
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