Pelléas et Mélisande; Die Walküre; Wozzeck – review

Barbican, London; Festtage, Berlin"I am like a blind man looking for treasure at the bottom of the ocean." This cry, wrenched from the soul and guts of Golaud, is an emotional turning point in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. His misery is absolute, his jealousy all-consuming and primordial. He seeks unbearable confirmation of his wife's adultery with his brother from the worst possible witness, a child (Yniold): What have you seen? What do Mummy and Uncle Pelléas talk about? Are they ever alo...

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