Pelléas et Mélisande - Act I - Scene III

[DoubleABattery1400]

claragary uses so many big words, he sounds like a fraud

[Fuliginosus]

Arkel wears his crown very low in this production, doesn't he? Very low and very tight.. Looks painful.

[sallyarchermusic]

Pelleas is played by my dad too!!!!! me and @aciegracie are sisters. we are proud daughters.

[sallyarchermusic]

Pelias is my dad too aciegracie.. because we are sisters........... wooooh! our dad is great.

[scornetpomfret]

trés bel opéra, mais trop lourdement mélancolique pour mon coeur, cela m'iprésse beaucoup trop

[claragary]

I don't know but, to much pentatonic and mayor tonalities, too soft for me. Maybe more aggresive rythms with more disonante chords would of worked better when contrasting the ship at sea. I think the music is too laid back and soft. Maybe Wagner would of made it more exciting. Please forgive me to all those who really know about Opera, but this is my humble opinion. I like Debussy, but he's more into descriptive music in the natural and atmospherical sense. Sorry...

[LJBSasha]

@claragary: I'll recommend the recording Karajan made in 1978 or thereabouts - that might help. Otherwise, try to hear the entire opera before you judge it (and yes, Debussy has plenty of minor tonality!). Note that this scene is where the ill-fated lovers (she's driven into his arms by Golaud's jealousy as well as circumstance!) first meet: not the kind of scene where you'd expect something savage (and the storm hasn't started yet, it's portending...)...

[lipsbach]

@claragary you don't have to apologize for your opinion, but you might want to work on your spelling a little...it's really appauling!

[amigomatt]

@lipsbach 'appalling', you mean?

[operacostumes]

Great.

Costume Designer: Moidele Bickel

[nico1245c]

where can i get this dvd???? also with the spanish subtitles

[adrianbarratt]

I was a stage hand on this show, 120 hour weeks were not uncommen . it was the show that persuaded me to get a proper job, having said that 17 years later and now ive stopped having the nightmares it was an experience i will never forget

[brcmano]

I'm not a exactly a big fan of this rendition of Pelleas et Melisande. Boulez is great conductor, but I feel that are better interpretations of this work, specially, Abbado's one.

Another thing that I don't like it, why does the opera is set in the Edwardian era? How come that the delusion from the medieval times are not respected? Debussy didn't messed with a word of Maeterlinck play, how come they can change the space and time of it?

[brcmano]

In setting this opera in the edwardian days, how they explain such a incrogrous and wandering kingdom?

Maeterlnick choose a vague time to give the play a certain freedom from modern conventions, and to give a vague, and wrondous, spetacular if I may say, symbolist and allegorical challenge to us, viewers of the play/opera, to try to imagine, and not to THINK about times and morals, and others stuff related to a specifc time of mankind.

[ivanofna]

I don't know, but I kind of like seeing it set in the Edwardian Era. A more Medieval setting would make it look far to clunky and heavy, that is why I like seeing set in a more modern time. The Edwardian era is ephemeral and nearly immaginary to our generation, therefore it is like the medieval era was to people of the 19th century. Besides, they don't state that it's happening in 1910, the clothing is simply from that era, and even that is not particularly true.

[sirmercutio99]

@ivanofna I would love to see it in a kinda Pre Raphaelite style something like "La Belle Dame sans Merci" by Dicksee.

[amagnismaxima]

Excuse me, could anyone tell me when was it performed? thank you :)

[Birdy1166]

Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera

[mars7272]

One of my favorite operas; Pelleas et Melisande.

Beautiful interpretation.

[aciegracie]

Pelleas is played by my dad!!!!!! how cool?

[raigekimaru]

@aciegracie

he looks the part ^v^. how old is he?

[vonmeppen]

@aciegracie Fine interpretation of the role by your father. You can by proud of him:))

[mhgys]

so your a racist too heh?

[underlineflute]

Do you have the complete opera?

[billyguns2]

This is a great performance! I hope you post more of it; many thanks.

[murksov]

My favourite staging of this opera. Peter Stein is a great director!

[wesleyan97]

I have escaped into the world of this opera regularly since 1992.

[csupor]

Alison Hagley is beautiful in every way. :-)