Barbican, London - Pelléas et Mélisande Reviews
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Pelléas et Mélisande

Barbican, London


No. of reviews: 13

Pélleas y Simon entre Berlin y Londres
20 Jan 16 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
A most compelling evening
19 Jan 16 / Express
Symphonie avec voix
17 Jan 16 / Altamusica
Powerful and upsetting
15 Jan 16 / The Spectator
When, o when, will someone put Peter Sellars and his compendium of clichés out of our misery?
14 Jan 16 / Opera Today
Less is more
14 Jan 16 / The Critics' Circle
Rattle draws shimmering beauty from the forest
12 Jan 16 / Evening Standard
Rattle delivered a focused and precise, yet notably sumptuous, account of Debussy’s enigmatic score
12 Jan 16 / Music OMH
Rattle's moving statement of intent
11 Jan 16 / The Guardian
Irresistible
11 Jan 16 / Telegraph
Underpinning the evening was the LSO’s endlessly allusive, subtle playing
11 Jan 16 / Classical Source
Rattle has certainly rethought the opera since he last conducted it at the ROH in 2007
11 Jan 16 / Opera Britannia
Rattle and Sellars revisit Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande
11 Jan 16 / Bachtrack
Production details
Cast
Gerhaher, Kozena, Finley, Fink, Selig, Madlër, Bloom, Bloom
(c) Rattle (d) Sellars
Performance dates
9, 10 January 2016
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