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Pelléas and Mélisande

PELLÉAS AND MÉLISANDE

Original title: Pelléas et Mélisande
Opera in five acts

Claude Debussy / Music
Maurice Maeterlinck / Libretto

CREATIVE TEAM
Dinis Sousa / Conductor
Alan Lucien Øyen / Stage director
Åsmund Færavaag / Set designer
Stine Sjøgren / Costume designer
Martin Flack / Lighting designer
Håkon Matti Skrede / Chorus master

CAST
Sofia Nesje Enger / Mélisande 
Alexandre Duhamel / Golaud
Julien Behr / Pelléas 
Tijl Faveyts / Arkel
Nadine Weissmann / Geneviève 
Annika Beinnes / Yniold
Ludvig Lindström / A doctor
Ørjan Hartveit / A shepherd

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edvard Grieg Choir

Sung in French, surtitles in Norwegian and English
Duration approx. 3h 15 min including 30 min interval
Premiere Saturday 1 November 2025 at 18PM
Also 3, 5 and 7 November at 19PM

A new production by Bergen National Opera.
Presented by Bergen National Opera in collaboration with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edvard Grieg Choirs

Video: Max Thillaye


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