PELLÉAS et MÉLISANDE
Claude Debussy
Event details
16 June - 7 July 2017
Prince Golaud finds a mysterious young woman in the forest and makes her his wife. Returning with her to his kingdom of shadows and secrets, a dangerous love triangle emerges as she grows perilously close to his brother, Pelléas.
The only opera completed by Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande evokes a claustrophobic environment in which a world beyond hardly exists. It is shot through with shimmering beauty and iridescent colours, creating an opera of intense hypnotic allure.
Michael Boyd and Tom Piper (director and designer of Eugene Onegin, 2016) return with Jac van Steen (Intermezzo, 2015), who conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in its Garsington debut. Jonathan McGovern and Andrea Carroll make their Garsington debuts in the title roles.
16 June - 7 July 2017
16 June - 7 July 2017
Cast & Creative Team
Cast
Pelléas
Jonathan McGovern
Mélisande
Andrea Carroll
Golaud
Paul Gay
Arkel
Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Geneviève
Susan Bickley
Yniold
William Davies
Doctor
Dingle Yandell
Shepherd
Joseph Padfield
Creative Team
Conductor
Jac van Steen
Director
Michael Boyd
Designer
Tom Piper
Lighting Designer
Malcolm Rippeth
Movement Director
