Pelleas et Melisande

Composer: Debussy, Claude

Librettist/Text Author: Maeterlinck, Maurice

Conductor: Jordan, Philippe

Orchestra: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Paris National Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Di Stefano, Alessandro

Arkel: Selig, Franz-Josef

Genevieve: Otter, Anne Sofie von

Golaud: Le Texier, Vincent

Melisande: Tsallagova, Elena

Pelleas: Degout, Stephane

The Doctor: Varnier, Jerome

The Shepherd: Varnier, Jerome

Yniold: Mathevet, Julie

Stage Director: Wilson, Robert

Television Director: Beziat, Philippe

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Venue: Opera Bastille, Paris

Playing Time: 02:48:09

Catalogue Number: A01010807

Libretto

Pelleas et Melisande EN

Synopsis

Pelleas et Melisande

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Paris' Opera de la Bastille celebrated the 150th birthday of Claude Debussy with avant-garde director Robert Wilson's "wondrous" (Le Figaro) production of Pelleas et Melisande featuring a stellar cast headed by Stephane Degout, Elena Tsallagova and Vincent Le Texier in the lead roles, and supported by high-caliber performers such as Anne-Sofie von Otter and Franz Joseph Selig in smaller roles. "The singers have integrated Wilson's language of gestures and lighting to a degree never attained by previous casts" (Le Figaro). Philippe Jordan gives a transparent reading of Debussy' haunting score.