Philharmonia Orchestra : City of Light: Paris 1900-1950 at Royal Festival Hall, London on Thursday 27th November 2014

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Philharmonia Orchestra

City of Light: Paris 1900-1950

Add to my Calendar 27-11-2014 19:00 27-11-2014 21:00 36 Philharmonia Orchestra A performance of the magical Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy's sole operatic masterpiece. Set to a libretto adapted by Maurice Maeterlinck from his own play, Debussy's only opera develops with a mystical fluidity which allows the tragic love-triangle to unfold without resorting to set pieces or outbursts of vocal histrionics. Puccini - who rather liked the work - aptly described Pelléas as 'sombre and pure, like a Franciscan's habit'. Royal Festival Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England

Thursday 27th November 2014
7:00 PM

Programme

Claude Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande - opera in 5 acts

Performers

Esa-Pekka Salonen – Conductor
Monica Bacelli – soprano
Stéphane Degout – baritone
Laurent Naouri – baritone
Dame Felicity Palmer – mezzo-soprano
Darren Jeffery – baritone

Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices

Programme Note

A performance of the magical Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy's sole operatic masterpiece.

Set to a libretto adapted by Maurice Maeterlinck from his own play, Debussy's only opera develops with a mystical fluidity which allows the tragic love-triangle to unfold without resorting to set pieces or outbursts of vocal histrionics.

Puccini - who rather liked the work - aptly described Pelléas as 'sombre and pure, like a Franciscan's habit'.

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