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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Interview"
date = "2015-05-02T10:42:00-04:00"
lastmod = "2015-05-02T11:15:00-04:00"
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primary_image_credit = "Photo by Bo Huang."
publishDate = "2015-05-02T11:11:00-04:00"
related_articles = ["articles/in-review-bluebeards-castle-erwartung.md","articles/dean-burry-on-the-highwayman.md"]
related_companies = ["scene/companies/canadian-opera-company.md"]
related_people = ["scene/people/krisztina-szab.md"]
short_description = "Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó is no strangers to the Four Seasons Centre stage. This time, she&#039;ll sing The Woman in Schoenberg&#039;s Erwartung, which, with Bartók&#039;s Bluebeard&#039;s Castle, makes up the iconic double-bill by Robert Lepage."
slug = "talking-with-singers-krisztina-szabo"
title = "Talking with singers: Krisztina Szabó"

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Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano [Krisztina Szabó](http://www.krisztinaszabo.com/) is no strangers to the Four Seasons Centre stage. This time, she'll sing The Woman in Schoenberg's *Erwartung*, which, with Bartók's *Bluebeard's Castle*, makes up the [iconic double-bill by Robert Lepage](http://www.coc.ca/PerformancesAndTickets/1415Season/BluebeardErwartung.aspx). 

This is the fourth revival at the COC for Lepage's *Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung* since its premiere in 1993, and the first performance in the Four Seasons Centre. I asked Krisztina about *Erwartung*, what it means, and what it's like to sing one of the darkest one-woman-shows in the repertoire.

*Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung* runs at the COC from May 6-23. Follow the links below for more details and to purchase tickets. You *do not* want to miss this production.
