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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2018 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 5 - Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande
Performance Date17 July 2018
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time18:30
Secondary PerformersChristina Gansch (Mélisande),
John Chest (Pelléas),
Christopher Purves (Golaud),
Brindley Sherratt (Arkel),
Karen Cargill (Geneviève),
Chloé Briot (Yniold) - cast
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsGlyndebourne Festival Opera
ConductorsRobin Ticciati
Set List'Pelléas et Mélisande', Debussy (semi-staged; sung in French with surtitles)
Performance NotesDebussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande is an operatic fairy tale played out in the shadowy half-light of the mysterious kingdom of Allemonde. Love, desire, power and violence permeate this luminous score – arguably one of the greatest of the 20th century.

This semi-staged performance of Glyndebourne’s new production, marking the centenary of the composer’s death, is conducted by the company’s Music Director Robin Ticciati, with Christopher Purves as the obsessive Golaud and former Kathleen Ferrier Award-winner Christina Gansch as his beloved Mélisande.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2018/51),
Programme (RAHE/1/2018/56),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2018/38),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2018/26, 41)
Ticket Prices£7.50-£100, £6 standing arena and gallery
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/2/2018/26BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - Summer Plan16 July-8 September 2018
RAHE/1/2018/56BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2018 - One Hundred and Twenty-Third Season - Prom 5 - Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande17 July 2018
RAHE/1/2018/51BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2018 - One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Season - Proms Guide13 July-8 September 2018
RAHE/6/2018/38BBC Proms Mini-Guide13 July-8 September 2018
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11341BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2018 - One Hundred and Twenty Fourth Season75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1322Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; fl 1961-; English chorus of the opera festival
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/1321Ticciati; Robin (1983-); British conductor
DS/UK/21939Gansch; Christina (1990-); Austrian soprano
DS/UK/21940Chest; John (6 July 1985); American singer operatic baritone
DS/UK/6615Purves; Christopher (fl 1990s-); English bass-baritone
DS/UK/7252Sherratt; Brindley (fl 1990s-); English bass
DS/UK/2249Cargill; Karen (fl 2012); Scottish mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/21941Briot; Chloé (1987-); French mezzo-soprano
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