Prom 5: Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande

17 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall

18:30 Tue 17 Jul 2018 Next Event

18:30 Tue 17 Jul 2018 Prom 5

Launching our Debussy centenary celebrations, Glyndebourne brings the composer’s luminous Symbolist opera Pelléas et Melisande – a tale of desire, jealousy and revenge – to the Proms.

Performances & Interviews

21:56

Debussy's only opera

Richard Langham Smith introduces Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande.

Jul '18BBC Radio 3

Programme

- - Claude Debussy
  - Pelléas et Mélisande(180 mins)

Performers

Christina Gansch
Mélisande
Mélisande
John Chest
Pelléas
Pelléas
Christopher Purves
Golaud
Golaud
Brindley Sherratt
Arkel
Arkel
Karen Cargill
Genevieve
Genevieve
Chloé Briot
Yniold
Yniold
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Robin Ticciati
conductor
conductor

Composers

Claude Debussy

About This Event

Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande is an operatic fairy tale played out in the shadowy half-light of the mysterious kingdom of Allemonde. Love, desire, power and violence permeate this luminous score – arguably one of the greatest of the 20th century.

This semi-staged performance of Glyndebourne’s new production, marking the centenary of the composer’s death, is conducted by the company’s Music Director Robin Ticciati, with Christopher Purves as the obsessive Golaud and former Kathleen Ferrier Award-winner Christina Gansch as his beloved Mélisande.