Raoul Barbe-Bleue

Opera Album: A Deliciously Grisly “Comic Opera” from 1789 — the Year the French Revolution Began

Grétry’s Raoul Barbe-Bleue — the story of the original lady-killer, Bluebeard — receives its world premiere recording and it’s splendid.

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