Pelleas Et Melisande Details

Pelleas Et Melisande

At the Russian premiere of Debussy's opera, Philippe Beziat uses Marc Minkowski and Olivier Py's first collaborative effort as material for a unique film. Neither film-opera nor documentary, nor television broadcast, this musical movie captures the piece's mystery and shows how the production's conductor, director, French and Russian singers, stage crew and extras all find themselves under Pelléas et Mélisande's spell.

The opera, first performed in Paris in 1902, had never been staged in Russia. In June 2007, director Olivier Py and conductor Marc Minkowski produced Claude Debussy's masterpiece in Moscow for the first time, with a Franco-Russian cast. To spectators unfamiliar with Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy, or even opera, they wanted to create a sensory, imaginary space that they could make their own, without partiality or preconceived notions.

Studio	PROPER NOTE
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 48 mins
Certificate
Genres	Music/Musical
Language	DVD: English
Released	To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 18 Apr 2011