Maurice Maeterlinck (Writing)

Pelléas et Mélisande

In this strikingly modern 2016 production from the Zurich Opera House, Tcherniakov transposes the opera’s intrigue from forest and castle to living room and psychiatric office. The love story of the original work remains riveting, but Tcherniakov brings an unexpected psychological element to his mise en scène, with Prince Golaud as a psychiatrist and Mélisande as a young woman suffering from PTSD. You’ve never seen Pelléas like this!

Release Date:2016-05-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Pelléas et Mélisande

Claude Debussy's fairy tale-based opera Pelléas et Mélisande is by now well known; at once a tale of doomed love and a meditation on the cycle of creation and destruction (adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's 1893 symbolist play), it originally premiered in 1902 to mixed critical reception, but has since become a staple of the operatic repertory and one of the most popular works from Debussy's canon. This particular production emerged from the Opernhaus Zürich in 2004. It stars Rodney Gilfry as Pelléas, Isabel Rey as Mélisande and Michael Volle as Golaud. Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Zurich Opera Orchestra; Sven-Eric Bectholf directs for the stage.

Release Date:2004-11-16

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey

Set in a German-speaking country in the seventies, brother and sister Tyltyl and Mytyl live with their parents, a dog and a cat. When their mother becomes seriously ill on Christmas Day, Tyltyl and Mytyl receive the visit of Berylune fairy. It entrusts them with the task of finding the “blue bird”, the bearer of happiness, making them able to heal the mother. With their dog Tyrol, cat Shanet, and a range of spirits, they set out on a journey to find the “blue bird” and maybe learn happiness along the way.

Release Date:1980-01-09

Department:Writing

Job:Theatre Play

Episode Count:26

The Blue Bird

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

Release Date:1976-04-30

Department:Writing

Job:Theatre Play

Vote Count:28

Monna Vanna

Release Date:1973-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Theatre Play

The Blue Bird

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

Release Date:1970-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:2

Zázrak svatého Antonína

Release Date:1964-12-14

Department:Writing

Job:Theatre Play

The Blue Bird

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

Release Date:1940-01-15

Department:Writing

Job:Theatre Play

Vote Count:40

The Burgomaster of Stilemonde

In Belgium during the first World War , the Uhlans order the burgomaster to be shot by his son-in-law.

Release Date:1929-05-20

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

La Légende de sœur Béatrix

Based on the short story by Nodier and the play by Maeterlinck.

Release Date:1923-12-28

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Monna Vanna

Release Date:1922-12-21

Department:Writing

Job:Theatre Play

The Blue Bird

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

Release Date:1918-03-31

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:32