The Hungarian title to "Bluebeard's Castle" was a recent topic. I have
another quick question about the opera.

The recording I have (CBS/Hungaroton with Marton and Ramey--and don't you
Bartok experts be telling me I have the wrong one!) does not have the
spoken prologue. I wonder if there is a recording which has it in German or
English, since I don't know Hungarian. Or even better, where is an easily
accessible source of the text, in either of the former languages? I can
understand that there is not much point in including it in recordings,
since it has nothing to do with the music, but I am curious about the exact
text, and I think it is a little stingy of the people who made the booklet
for this recording not to have included it.

Jon Johanning // [log in to unmask]