Watch online on play.operadeparis.frOpéra national de ParisRecorded at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris, France
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On demand until Tuesday 26 November 2030 23:59
Performers
| Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Antonello Manacorda | Conductor | |
| Wajdi Mouawad | Director | |
| Emmanuel Clolus | Set Designer | |
| Emmanuelle Thomas | Costume Designer | |
| Eric Champoux | Lighting Designer | |
| Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Stéphanie Jasmin | Video | |
| Charlotte Farcet | Dramaturgy | |
| Alessandro Di Stefano | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Sabine Devieilhe | Soprano | Mélisande |
| Huw Montague Rendall | Baritone | Pelléas |
| Gordon Bintner | Baritone | Golaud |
| Jean Teitgen | Bass | Arkel |
| Anne-Blanche Trillaud Ruggeri | Boy soprano | Yniold |
| Sophie Koch | Mezzo-soprano | Geneviève |
| Amin Ahangaran | Bass | Shepherd, A Doctor |
Where does Mélisande come from and what did she endure before losing her way in the forest of Allemonde?
The drama unfolds in a mysterious world of dark caves and sleeping waters: Pelléas, Golaud’s half-brother, and Mélisande fall in love, arousing the jealousy of Golaud, who has married the young girl.
In 1892, Claude Debussy, very much taken with Maurice Maeterlinck’s play, found it to be the ideal libretto for the musical form he had in mind: a lyric drama in which the characters would sing “like natural people”.
Ten years later, this ground-breaking opera was premiered to great scandal.
Wajdi Mouawad explores this fascinating work in his second production for the Paris Opera.
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