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Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: From the Met: Pelléas et Mélisande

Pelléas et Mélisande

From the Met

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Paul Appleby and Isabel Leonard sing the doomed lovers in Pelleas et Melisande

Debussy's Pelleas and Melisande from the Met in New York, conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin

Tonight's opera from the Met is Debussy’s strange and seductive Pelleas et Melisande. Prince Golaud finds a mysterious young woman lost in the forest, and marries her. But when Melisande meets his younger half-brother Pelleas, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him, with tragic results. Young Met stars, tenor Paul Appleby and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, are the naïve title lovers, and baritone Kyle Ketelsen is the imperious Prince Golaud.

Presented from the Met by Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff.

Debussy Pelleas et Melisande.
Mélisande.....Isabel Leonard (Soprano)
Geneviève.....Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Contralto)
Pelléas.....Paul Appleby (Tenor)
Golaud.....Kyle Ketelsen (Baritone)
Arkel.....Ferruccio Furlanetto (Bass)
Doctor.....Paul Corona (Bass)
Shepherd.....Jeremy Galyon (Baritone)
New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Yannick Nezet-Seguin (Conductor)

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