Pelléas et Mélisande review – a brave, deeply affecting achievement

Britten theatre, London
English Touring Opera’s scaled-down chamber version of Debussy’s opera is wonderfully done.English Touring Opera’s new production of Pelléas et Mélisande fulfils a long-standing ambition on the part of artistic director James Conway to bring Debussy’s only opera into the company’s repertory. Adapting this most elusive of works for small venues, however, brings challenges of its own, and Conway uses a chamber version by Belgian c