大象传媒

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Suzy Klein

For the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth, John Eliot Gardiner conducts the operatic masterpiece, Pell茅as et M茅lisande. Debussy's score is full of atmospheric suggestion and insinuating eroticism, and it follows the story of the mysterious M茅lisande, rescued from the forest by Golaud, who marries her then discovers his half-brother Pell茅as has also fallen in love with her.

This doomed love is the central focus of the opera, but there is much that is opaque, obtuse, elusive. John Eliot Gardiner says that "to conduct Pell茅as et M茅lisande is to enter another world." He has recently performed this landmark piece in Paris at the Opera Comique with his period instrument ensemble, and this is the first time it will be heard at the Proms on the instruments of Debussy's time.

Debussy: Pell茅as et M茅lisande - Acts 1-3

8.40pm Twenty Minutes: Proms Plus Live (see separate billing)

9.00pm
Debussy: Pell茅as et M茅lisande - Acts 4-5

Philip Addis (Pell茅as)
Karen Vourc'h (M茅lisande)
Laurent Naouri (Golaud)
John Tomlinson (Arkel)
Elodie M茅chain (Genevi猫ve)
Dima Bawab (Yniold)
Nahuel di Pierro (Doctor/Shepherd)
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).