Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (2-DVD) – Isabel Rey, Rodney Gilfry
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (2-DVD) – Isabel Rey, Rodney Gilfry
Composer: Claude Debussy
Artists: Isabel Rey, Rodney Gilfry, Michael Volle, Cornelia Kallisch, László Polgár, Orchestra & Chorus of the Zurich Opera House
Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Format: NTSC
Language: French
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 2
Studio: ArtHaus Musik
DVD Release Date: November 13, 2012
Run Time: 161 minutes
A staging of Claude Debussy’s only completed opera Pelléas et Mélisande, recorded live at the Zurich Opera House. The opera’s premiere in Paris in 1902 brought the new century to the stage.
“When [Gilfry] sings he opens a formidable treasure chest of intelligent artistry.” (Financial Times)
History
Pelléas et Mélisande
Composed in 1895, Pelléas et Mélisande is the only opera Claude Debussy ever completed. It is considered a landmark in 20th-century music.
Performed in five acts, the story is about the love triangle between Prince Golaud, Mélisande, a mysterious young woman lost in a forest whom he marries and Golaud’s younger half-brother Pelléas, who has a passionate relationship with Mélisande. In the end this is a classic tale of love, betrayal and death.
Set in the mythical kingdom of Allemonde, the era is not indicated, but the ambience of the story is medieval, more suggestive than specific.
It premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on April 30,1902, was performed at the Met in 2011 then returned almost a decade later in its 2018–19 season.
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