Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande. It was premiered at the Salle Favart in Paris by the Opéra-Comique on 30 April 1902 with Jean Périer as Pelléas and Mary Garden as Mélisande in a performance conducted by André Messager, who was instrumental in getting the Opéra-Comique to stage the work. The only opera Debussy ever completed, it is considered a landmark in 20th-century music.
Original Name | Pelléas et Mélisande |
Librettist | Maurice Maeterlinck |
Date of composition | 1902 (1893-1902) |
Premiered | 1902, April 30th in Paris, France |
Type | Opera |
Catalogue | L. 88 |
Approx. duration | 140 minutes |
Spoken language | French |
Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Soprano) - Mélisande Voice (Contralto) - Geneviève, mère de Golaud et Pelléas (mother of Golaud and Pelléas) Voice (Bass) - Arkel, roi d'Allemonde (King of Allemonde) Voice (Tenor) - Pelléas, petit-fils d'Arkel (grandson of Arkel) Voice (Baritone) - Golaud, demi frère de Pelléas (grandson of Arkel) Voice (Soprano) - Yniold, fils de Golaud, issu d'un premier mariage (the young son of Golaud) Voice (Bass) - Un médecin (Doctor) Voice (Bass) - Un berger (Shepherd) Male Chorus - Offstage sailors |
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Autotranslations beta |
Claude Debussy: Pelléas and Mélisande, L. 88 Claude Debussy: Pelléas and Mélisande, L. 88 Claude Debussy: Pelléas and Mélisande, L. 88 |
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