Details

Debussy's masterpiece, Pelleas et Melisande is based on Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolist play and was first performed in 1902 at the Opera-Comique, Paris. A tragic fairy-tale, the opera recounts the ill-fated love of half-brothers Golaud and Pelleas for the same woman, the enigmatic Melisande. Sung in French with English supertitles

Cast/Performers

Mary-Louise Aitken (Melisande), Anne-Marie Owens (Genevieve), Andrew Greenan (Arkel), Robert Poulton (Golaud), Gerard Theruel (Pelleas)

Creatives/Company

Music: Debussy
Conductor: Louis Langree
Director(s): Graham Vick, Annilese Miskimmon (revival)
Design: Paul Brown
Lighting: Thomas Webster
Company(s): Glyndebourne Touring Opera Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus