Among the most acclaimed voices on the international opera scene, Anna Netrebko performs the role of Judit for the first time in Italy in Bluebeard’s Castle at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. On December 4, 2026, at 8:00 PM at the Teatro Costanzi, the sole Italian date of the international tour by the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra—conducted by Henrik Nánási and presenting Béla Bartók’s masterpiece in concert form—is set to take place. The same evening will also feature two pieces by Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S. 244/2 (orchestral version) and Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124, performed by young Hungarian pianist Misi Boros. At twenty-three years old, Boros has already played in the most prestigious musical venues in the world, from the Tonhalle in Zurich to Lincoln Center in New York and the Verbier Festival, and has released six solo albums.
The concert is supported by Banca del Fucino, a patron of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Foundation since May 2020. Famed worldwide for interpreting heroic female figures in opera history, Anna Netrebko returns to the Roman opera house after performing in Tosca during the 2024/25 season to mark the 125th anniversary of Puccini’s opera world premiere.
Alongside her, in the role of Prince Bluebeard, is the Hungarian-Romanian bass Alexander Köpeczi, winner of the prestigious Herbert von Karajan Prize, making his debut at the Rome Opera. On the podium is Henrik Nánási, former General Music Director of the Komische Oper Berlin from 2012 to 2017—years in which the theater was named Opera House of the Year by Opera World magazine and won Opera Company of the Year 2015 at the International Opera Awards. At the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, he has previously conducted Die Zauberflöte (directed by Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade) and La bohème (directed by Alex Ollé).
An opera in one act with music by Béla Bartók and a libretto by Béla Balázs, Bluebeard’s Castle premiered at the Budapest Opera on May 24, 1918, and arrived at the Rome Opera on January 10, 1962. A woman, Judit, follows a man, Bluebeard, into his gloomy castle. She seeks to uncover his past, hidden behind seven secret doors that will unveil the darkness destined to invade both the manor and the couple’s lives
