Pelléas et Mélisande - Opernhaus Zürich
Directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov, Andy Sommer
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In this strikingly modern 2016 production from the Zurich Opera House, Tcherniakov transposes the opera’s intrigue from forest and castle to living room and psychiatric office. The love story of the original work remains riveting, but Tcherniakov brings an unexpected psychological element to his mise en scène, with Prince Golaud as a psychiatrist and Mélisande as a young woman suffering from PTSD. You’ve never seen Pelléas like this!Read moreLess
In this strikingly modern 2016 production from the Zurich Opera House, Tcherniakov transposes the opera’s intrigue from forest and castle to living room and psychiatric office. The love story of the original work remains riveting, but Tcherniakov brings an unexpected psychological element to his mise en scène, with Prince Golaud as a psychiatrist and Mélisande as a young woman suffering from PTSD. You’ve never seen Pelléas like this!
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In this strikingly modern 2016 production from the Zurich Opera House, Tcherniakov transposes the opera’s intrigue from forest and castle to living room and psychiatric office. The love story of the original work remains riveting, but Tcherniakov brings an unexpected psychological element to his mise en scène, with Prince Golaud as a psychiatrist and Mélisande as a young woman suffering from PTSD. You’ve never seen Pelléas like this!
Watch trailerCast & crew
Corinne WintersMélisande
Yvonne NaefGeneviève
Brindley SherrattArkel
Jacques ImbrailoPelléas
Kyle KetelsenGolaud
Alain AltinogluSelf - ConductorExplore the crew
- Director
- Dmitri Tcherniakov
- Director
- Andy Sommer
- Writer
- Maurice Maeterlinck
- Original Music Composer
- Claude Debussy