Experience the haunting beauty of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande in this intimate, abridged version sung in French. Adapted by composer Marius Constant and director Peter Brook, Impressions de Pelléas distills the essence of Debussy’s only opera into a luminous, dreamlike journey through secrecy, longing, and fate. LBO Artistic Director James Darrah Black brings this fresh take on Debussy aboard the Queen Mary.

Based on Maurice Maeterlinck’s symbolist play, the opera follows the tangled love and jealousy between Prince Golaud, his mysterious wife Mélisande, and his half-brother Pelléas. With its evocative harmonies and atmospheric power, this adaptation offers a fresh and deeply affecting way to encounter one of French opera’s greatest masterpieces.