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.

Directed by Felix Breisach

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Cast

Franz Welser-Möst

Conductor

Rodney Gilfry

Pelléas

Isabel Rey

Mélisande

Michael Volle

Golaud

László Polgár

Arkel

Cornelia Kallisch

Geneviève

Eva Liebau

Yniold

Guido Götzen

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