Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

Sir Simon Rattle leads an all-star cast in this highly anticipated new recording of Debussy's evocative opera Pelléas et Mélisande. It was captured in January 2016 during performances of an innovative collaboration between Rattle and Peter Sellars, two of the boldest creative minds in music and theatre today. The plot, a love triangle between Prince Golaud, his wife Mélisande and his half-brother Pelléas, is shrouded in mystery and full of gripping twists and emotion-filled turns, ultimately ending in Pelléas' untimely death. The sensuous score contains some of Debussy's most exquisite music and perfectly crystalises the atmosphere of Maeterlinck's original play.