Q Review: “Pelleas et Melisande” at Covent Garden
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007Pelléas et Mélisande
an opera in five acts
Music by Claude Debussy
Libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck
Royal Opera House at Covent Garden
Performance of 21 May 2007
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Director: Stanislas Nordey
Set Designer: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume Designer: Raoul Fernandez
Lighting: Philippe Berthomé
A co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival
Mélisande: Angelika Kirchschlager
Golaud: Gerald Finley
Arkel: Robert Lloyd
Pelléas: Simon Keenlyside