In "Bluebeard's Castle," Samuel Ramey portrays the enigmatic Bluebeard and Jessye Norman is his new wife, Judith. "Erwartung" had its broadcast premiere with Norman as the terrified woman who searches desperately in the darkened woods for her lover only to find him brutally murdered. Both "Bluebeard's Castle" and "Erwartung" stem from the same period, composed respectively in 1911 and 1909 and show the era's preoccupation with psychological inwardness and symbolism. The conductor for both operas was James Levine, and the announcer for the broadcast was Peter Allen. During the single intermission, pianist Garrick Ohlsson discussed the art of the piano encore. Performance date: January 28, 1989.