Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE
Lyrical drama in five acts
adapted from the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
First performed on 30 April 1902 at the Opéra Comique, Paris
adapted from the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
First performed on 30 April 1902 at the Opéra Comique, Paris
Katie Mitchell directs a new production of Debussy’s iconic opera. Choreographed by Joseph W Alford
**** Financial Times “a dream, a surreal and fevered sequence” Full article here
**** Telegraph “A seminal masterpiece of non-naturalism, Debussy’s opera might at first seem to call for less realistic sets, yet Mitchell fills them with dream-like action and Lizzie Clacham’s virtuosic design supplies one visual coup after another.”
New York Times “Cooly accomplished”