'PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE'
BY MARCO BRAMBILLA &
IRIS VAN HERPEN

STAGE DESIGN + COSTUME DESIGN

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Still from Pelléas et Mélisande Show
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Still from Pelléas et Mélisande Show

“The music of Pelléas et Mélisande has always conjured up images of the cosmos in my head. Since the text deals with the recurring theme of the eyes and sight, the set design becomes a portal into the subconscious where my videos unfold and heighten the tension and drama unfolding onstage. Using celestial bodies as my brushstrokes created such unexpected compositions and shapes; I don’t think the Hubble space telescope imagery has ever been used this way.”

- Marco Brambilla
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Still from Marco Brambilla’s art-video
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Still from Marco Brambilla’s art-video
Still from Marco Brambilla’s art-video

"Marco Brambilla probes NASA for an opera of intergalactic proportions."

- Wallpaper*
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Still from Pelléas et Mélisande Show
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Still from Pelléas et Mélisande Show

“Van Herpen’s creations are more like sculptures than fashion and she has this way of taking one idea and stretching it to the maximum, she is dedicated; she has this burning inspiration and is so inventive.”

- Marina Abramovic
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Still from Pelléas et Mélisande Show
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Still from Pelléas et Mélisande Show

“Iris understands so much about the body, and organic [forms], and also having very complex ideas in order to achieve that. The opera is very much about light and darkness and the opposition between the two, and I think she really got that in her work.”

- Damien Jalet, Choreographer

MARCO BRAMBILLA