Pelléas et Mélisande
Seen it?2004 | 161 min | Music, Drama
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for music lovers and people who like stories about real, flawed people. One to watch when you can give it your full attention.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- A big, patient story, at 2 hr 41 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 41 min.
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.
Claude Debussy's fairy tale-based opera Pelléas et Mélisande is by now well known; at once a tale of doomed love and a meditation on the cycle of creation and destruction (adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's 1893 symbolist play), it originally premiered in 1902 to mixed critical reception, but has since become a staple of the operatic repertory and one of the most popular works from Debussy's canon. This particular production emerged from the Opernhaus Zürich in 2004. It stars Rodney Gilfry as Pelléas, Isabel Rey as Mélisande and Michael Volle as Golaud. Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Zurich Opera Orchestra; Sven-Eric Bectholf directs for the stage.
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Cast & crew
Directed by Felix Breisach
- Franz Welser-MöstConductor
- Rodney GilfryPelléas
- Isabel ReyMélisande
- Michael VolleGolaud
- László PolgárArkel
- Cornelia KallischGeneviève
- Eva LiebauYniold
- Guido Götzenun médecin / un berger