The read
It runs long at 2h 44m.
Synopsis
In this strikingly modern 2016 production from the Zurich Opera House, Tcherniakov transposes the opera’s intrigue from forest and castle to living room and psychiatric office. The love story of the original work remains riveting, but Tcherniakov brings an unexpected psychological element to his mise en scène, with Prince Golaud as a psychiatrist and Mélisande as a young woman suffering from PTSD. You’ve never seen Pelléas like this!
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Dmitri TcherniakovDirector
- Andy SommerDirector
- Maurice MaeterlinckWriter
- Claude DebussyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Corinne WintersMélisande
- Yvonne NaefGeneviève
- Brindley SherrattArkel
- Jacques ImbrailoPelléas
- Kyle KetelsenGolaud
- Damien GöritzYniold
- Charles DekeyserA doctor
- Reinhard MayrPelléas’s father
- Alain AltinogluSelf - Conductor
Stills
Themes
opera live performanceopernhaus zürich