Composer Béla Bartók Librettist Béla Balázs Based On La Barbe bleue by Charles Perrault Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1965 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Gerhard Samuel Stage Director(s) Bliss Hebert Production Archie Sharp Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Costume sketches Archie Sharp Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Judith Beverly Wolff Duke Bluebeard Ara Berberian First Former Wife Matilda Abbe Second Former Wife Georgiana Wardle Third Former Wife Eugenia Wilkie Show Dates Tue, May 25 1965, 8pm Time and Place Bluebeard's Castle Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "The Spanish Hour" Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco First part of a double bill, with "The Spanish Hour" Translation by Chester Kallman