| Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Antonello Manacorda | Direction | |
| Wajdi Mouawad | Mise en scène | |
| Emmanuel Clolus | Décors | |
| Emmanuelle Thomas | Costumes | |
| Eric Champoux | Lumières | |
| Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Stéphanie Jasmin | Vidéaste | |
| Chœur d'enfants de l'Opéra National de Paris | ||
| Sabine Devieilhe | Soprano | Mélisande |
| Huw Montague Rendall | Baryton | Pelléas |
| Gordon Bintner | Baryton | Golaud |
| Jean Teitgen | Basse | Arkel |
| Sophie Koch | Mezzo-soprano | Geneviève |
| Amin Ahangaran | Basse | Shepherd, Un médecin |
| Anne-Blanche Trillaud Ruggeri | Soprano enfant | Yniold |
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.
Duration : 3h05 with 1 interval
Language : French
Surtitles : French / English.
Single tickets on sale from 17th September 2024, from 12 pm.