Thriller, intimate play, relationship drama: Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande is all that and much more. The New York Times wrote about this performance with Simon Rattle: “The result exceeds even the expectations raised by the Bach Passions. Peter Sellars perfectly conveys the human essence of Maurice Maeterlinck's drama. The singers are as great as one could wish for.

Cast

Magdalena Kožená

Melisande

Franz-Josef Selig

Arkel

Gerald Finley

Golaud

Simon Rattle

Conductor

Christian Gerhaher

Pelleas

Elias Mädler

Yniold