The read
It runs long at 2h 41m.
Synopsis
Claude Debussy's fairy tale-based opera Pelléas et Mélisande is by now well known; at once a tale of doomed love and a meditation on the cycle of creation and destruction (adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's 1893 symbolist play), it originally premiered in 1902 to mixed critical reception, but has since become a staple of the operatic repertory and one of the most popular works from Debussy's canon. This particular production emerged from the Opernhaus Zürich in 2004. It stars Rodney Gilfry as Pelléas, Isabel Rey as Mélisande and Michael Volle as Golaud. Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Zurich Opera Orchestra; Sven-Eric Bectholf directs for the stage.
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Key crew
- Felix BreisachDirector
- Maurice MaeterlinckWriter
Cast
- Franz Welser-MöstConductor
- Rodney GilfryPelléas
- Isabel ReyMélisande
- Michael VolleGolaud
- László PolgárArkel
- Cornelia KallischGeneviève
- Eva LiebauYniold
- Guido Götzenun médecin / un berger
Themes
opera