Pelléas et Mélisande at TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning at Koerner Hall

Opera Atelier concludes its 2025/26 season with its premiere of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning at Koerner Hall, from April 15-19, 2026. Rich with symbolism and dream imagery, Pelléas et Mélisande is Debussy’s sole opera, and this uniquely imagined production has long been a dream of Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg. Based on the symbolist play by Maurice Maeterlinck, Pelléas et Mélisande follows a prince lost in a forest who discovers a beautiful woman weeping beside a pool of water – bringing him in contact with a supernatural world from which there is no escape. Associate Music Director Dr. Christopher Bagan enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to realize a unique score of Debussy’s massive opera in a new arrangement for Opera Atelier and 14 elite soloists from Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Pelléas et Mélisande will feature David Fallis conducting,and will be directed by Marshall Pynkoski, choreographed by Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, with set design by Gerard Gauci, costume design by Michael Gianfrancesco and lighting design by Kimberly Purtell. Full cast details, tickets, and information at OperaAtelier.com