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 1963 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Jan Popper Stage Director(s) Bliss Hebert Costume sketches Archie Sharp Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Judith Beverly Wolff Duke Bluebeard Peter Harrower First Former Wife Tilly Abbe Second Former Wife Connie Coler Third Former Wife Eugenia Van Horn Show Dates Tue, Jun 4 1963, 8pm Time and Place Bluebeard's Castle Scenes Bluebeard's Castle Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco Part II of a double bill, with "The Spanish Hour" Translation by Chester Kallman