Pelléas et Mélisande

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.

• Release date
• November 16, 2004
• Runtime
• 161 min
• Genres
• Music, Drama
• Director
• Felix Breisach

Cast

F

Franz Welser-Möst Conductor Rodney Gilfry Pelléas Isabel Rey Mélisande Michael Volle Golaud László Polgár Arkel Cornelia Kallisch Geneviève

E

Eva Liebau Yniold

G

Guido Götzen un médecin / un berger