Barbican, London - Pelléas et Mélisande Reviews | 28 March 2024 |
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Pelléas et MélisandeBarbican, LondonNo. 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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