Seven doors conceal a torture chamber and a lake of tears from Judith in his only opera.
A right-hand octave of high "A"s lasts eight measures in this man's work Allegro barbaro, which opens with a sforzando f-sharp minor chord and combines chromatic and pentatonic scales. A fairy turns a staff and cloak into a man in this composer's ballet The Wooden Prince, and nine sons turn into stags and flee to the forest in Cantata Profana. One scandalous work by this man features a character who glows before embracing a dancing girl, The Miraculous Mandarin. Seven doors conceal a torture chamber and a lake of tears from Judith in his only opera. For 10 points, name this Hungarian composer of Duke Bluebeard's Castle.
A right-hand octave of high "A"s lasts eight measures in this man's work Allegro barbaro, which opens with a sforzando f-sharp minor chord and combines chromatic and pentatonic scales.
Béla Viktor János Bartók