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<< -- 4 -- Robert Anderson IRRESISTIBLY HAUNTING
It is Pelléas's last arctic night, and the young pair have met for a final farewell
beyond the gates of the ice castle. Oblivious of passing time, they know subconsciously they are
doomed. The gates clang to, and there is a brief illusion they are free of all social constraint.
But Mélisande hears a footfall, and it is indeed Golaud bent on his brother's murder
[watch and listen -- DVD2 chapter 10, 33:59-35:55].
The waxwork of Mélisande is on its deathbed, having given birth to a little daughter.
Golaud realises that the love of Pelléas and Mélisande had an innocence and
tenderness he could only now begin to comprehend. There was nothing there for tears, and
certainly not as Mélisande departs for a game of ball somewhere off stage
[watch and listen -- DVD2 chapter 14, 49:19-50:32].
The death/departure of Mélisande at the end of the opera. DVD screenshot © 2004 Opernhaus Zürich
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Copyright © 13 July 2006
Robert Anderson, London UK
Pelléas et Mélisande
DVWW-OPPEM DVD9+DVD5, 16:9 anamorphic NTSC Region 0 (worldwide) DD 5.0, DTS 5.0, LPCM Stereo NEW RELEASE 161' 2004 Opernhaus Zürich, 2006 TDK Marketing Europe GmbH
Rodney Gilfry, Pelléas; Isabel Rey, Mélisande; Michael Volle, Golaud; László Polgár, Arkel; Cornelia Kallisch, Geneviève; Eva Liebau, Le petit Yniold; Guido Götzen, Un médecin/Un berger; Zusatzchor Opernhaus Zürich; Orchester der Oper Zürich; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor; Sven-Eric Bechtolf, stage director; Rolf Glittenberg, set design; Jürgen Hoffmann, lighting; Ernst Raffelsberger, chorus master; Felix Breisach, TV and video director
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Pelléas et Mélisande (lyric drama in five acts, 1902, to a libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck). Recorded live at the Opernhaus Zürich, November 2004 |
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