Abu Dhabi Festival & Paris Opera Announce Historic First Co-Production
The production premiered at Opéra Bastille in Paris on February 28th, 2025, and runs until March 27th.
The Abu Dhabi Festival and Opéra National de Paris have launched a historic co-production of Claude Debussy’s ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’, marking the first collaboration between the Arab world and the French opera house. Directed by Lebanese-Canadian Wajdi Mouawad and conducted by Antonello Manacorda, the production premiered at Opéra Bastille in Paris on February 28th, 2025, and runs until March 27th.
‘Pelléas et Mélisande’, composed by Claude Debussy and first performed in 1902, is a symbolist opera based on Maurice Maeterlinck’s play of the same name. The opera’s atmospheric score and impressionistic style explore themes of love, fate, and human emotion. The story follows the tragic love triangle between Prince Golaud, his mysterious wife Mélisande, and his younger half-brother Pelléas, unfolding in a dreamlike setting that enhances the opera’s enigmatic and psychological depth.
Under the patronage of UAE leaders, the initiative is part of Abu Dhabi Festival’s mission to expand global artistic partnerships. Featuring soprano Sabine Devieilhe and baritone Huw Montague Rendall, the opera explores love and destiny with a set design by Emmanuel Clolus.
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