This production of Debussy’s only opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, presents a new concept of abstract staging where the entire scene is formed by a concave mirror, creating the impression of being inside a silver eye ball. Commissioned for Opera Vlaanderen, Brambilla’s staging employs surreal celestial imagery to craft a metaphysical journey through themes of loneliness, violence, drama, resolution, and death. The abstract video backdrop transforms the opera into a psychological portal, immersing viewers in the subconscious realms of its characters
2020 Grand Theatre de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
2018 La Fenice
Venice, Italy
2018 Opera Vlaanderen
Antwerp, Belgium
2018 Grand Theatre de Luxembourg
Luxembourg City
2018 Opera de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
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Pelléas et Mélisande. Debussy’s first and only opera sets the score for an epic cosmic journey inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Marco Brambilla probes NASA for an opera of intergalactic proportions
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Marco Brambilla’s Opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” Debuts in Antwerp
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MARCO BRAMBILLA Takes NASA to the Opera for the Premiere of PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE
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Debussy 3.0
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hubble space imagery is the backdrop for this celestial show, opening at opera vlaanderen
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