Credits:

Alain Altinoglu

Description:

[A Groundbreaking New Production That Transcends a Simple Reinterpretation: Pellas et Mlisande by the Visionary Chernyakov]At the Zurich Opera Housewhich has captured the attention of opera fans worldwide with its avant-garde productionsChernyakovs new production and staging of *Pellas et Mlisande*, presented in 2016, has gone down in history as one of his most innovative productions. None of the elements described in the librettosuch as the spring, the forest, the cave, or the castleappear on stage; instead, they are depicted as memories or mental images of the characters. Set in the present day, the story follows Melisandea mysterious girl taken in by Golaas she is brought to a room in a building resembling a psychiatric hospital to undergo treatment. Meanwhile, the sexual imagery lingering in the minds of Gola and his family (Pellas, Arkel, Genevive, among others) are gradually laid barea