Pelléas et Mélisande: austerely beautiful but flawed

By Jenny Camilleri, 06 June 2019

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Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 5 June 2019

Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande

Dutch National Opera

Stéphane Denève, Conductor

Olivier Py, Director

Pierre-André Weitz, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Paul Appleby, Pelléas

Elena Tsallagova, Mélisande

Brian Mulligan, Golaud

Peter Rose, Arkel

Katia Ledoux, Geneviève

Frederik Bergman, Shepherd

Michael Wilmering, A Doctor

Gregor Hoffmann, Yniold

Maximilian Leicher, Yniold

Bertrand Killy, Lighting Designer

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.

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