PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDRE / PROGRAM / Bastille / FEBRUARY / 2025
J01201875
Sold by Opéra National de Paris
Description
Where does Mélisande come from and what did she endure before losing her way in the forest of Allemonde? The drama unfolds in a mysterious world of dark caves and sleeping waters: Pelléas, Golaud's half-brother, and Mélisande fall in love, arousing the jealousy of Golaud, who has married the young girl.
In 1892, Claude Debussy, very much taken with Maurice Maeterlinck's play, found it to be the ideal libretto for the musical form he had in mind: a lyric drama in which the characters would sing "like natural people". Ten years later, this ground-breaking opera was premiered to great scandal.
Wajdi Mouawad explores this fascinating work in his second production for the Paris Opera.
Product information
- Publication Year
- 2025
- Technical specification
Duration : 3h05 with 1 interval
Language : French
Surtitle : French / English
Opening
First part
90 min
Intermission
30 min
Second part
65 min
End
Lyric drama in five acts and twelve scenes (1902)