Somewhere between an opera and a fever dream, Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisandeis a musical experience like no other.
The only opera Debussy ever completed, it is considered a landmark in 20th-century music. The libretto was adapted by Maurice Maeterlinck from his own Symbolist play of the same title. A smash hit in fin de siècle Paris, it tells the story of a tragic love triangle.
This 2010 production from the Vienna Opera stars Stéphane Degout and Natalie Dessay as the doomed lovers. Stage direction and costume design by Laurent Pelly. Bertrand de Billy conducts the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and Chor. The opera runs three hours, plus intermission.
All adults welcome.
Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 1:00pm
Edgartown Public Library
26 Edgartown-West Tisbury Road, Edgartown, MA 02539
Free
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