DESIGN NOTES: Once upon a time, when I was first intently "learning opera" by reading Opera for Dummies, I became fascinated by Bartok’s opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle.

What the heck is this story? A dark fairytale? A supernatural kind of “twilight zone” thing? Vampire story, zombie tale? An allegory that only some English professor can sort out?

Whatever it is, I was so inspired that I immediately had a vision of what that bracelet would look like. BUT due to the macabre nature of the story, I assumed- probably rightly, that no one would want to wear it...

Recently one of our Opera Bracelets Facebook friends encouraged me to go ahead and make that design come to reality.

I can’t wait to wear it to the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD performance of Bluebeard’s Castle / Iolanta on February 14! Hopefully it may make a nice gift for the many other fans and Bluebeard’s wives out there in years to come…

To see and learn more about the bracelet, click here!