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Pelléas et Mélisande (1992)

Pelléas et Mélisande (1992)

Music
Release Date: 1992, February 1
Directors: Peter Stein
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Caméras Continentales, Caméras Continentales, Club Investissement Média, Club Investissement Média, Amaya Distribution, Amaya Distribution, ZDF, ZDF, Welsh National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet, Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet, ARTE, ARTE, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon, BBC, BBC
Cast: Penelope Walker, Donald Maxwell, Neill Archer, Alison Hagley, Kenneth Cox, Peter Masocchi, Samuel Burkey

Overview:

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 premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris 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.