BBC SSO 25-26: Debussy’s Pelléas Et Mélisande

NO SECOND TAKES – EXPERIENCE IT LIVE

PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE 
(concert performance; sung in French with English surtitles) 
(c.2hrs 40mins) 

Huw Montague Rendall Pelléas – tenor 
Sophie Bevan Mélisande – soprano 
David Stout Golaud – baritone 
Karen Cargill Geneviève – mezzo-soprano 
Alastair Miles Arkel – bass 
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor  

“She was such a quiet creature, wrapped in mystery as we all are…” In an ancient castle by a darkening sea, the princess Mélisande falls in love—and unlocks passions as deadly as they are beautiful. Moving, mysterious and heartbreakingly gorgeous, Debussy’s opera is woven from delicate emotions and violent rage; from sorrow entwined with wonder, and sounds so lovely that they can tear open your soul. If you’ve only heard it in the theatre, you haven’t heard it all, and this concert performance will bring out every shimmer and sigh of Debussy’s astonishing score. Sophie Bevan and Huw Montague Rendall play the tragic lovers, heading a cast of singers who know Images: Huw Montague Rendall, tenor by Simon and love this music from the inside out.

There will be one interval.