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An amazing Bluebeard Holland Opera has succeeded to bring a phenomenal beautiful, contemporary and convincing opera. Oswin Schneeweisz Theaerkrant june 2013 Bluebeard is a new opera written by the Dutch composer Chiel Meijering, commissioned by Holland Opera. This opera was performed on one of the biggest fortresses of Holland, the Fortress of Rijnauwen (near Utrecht) as a site specific performance. Based on the wellknown story of Charles Perrault writer Imme Dros wrote the libretto. Meijering wrote the music for 5 singers, a woman’s choir, a stringorchestra and a rockband. This opera was also a coproduction between dancecompany De Stilte and orchestra the Carthago Consort.