Pelléas et Mélisande

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 1, 1992

Original language

French

Spoken languages

french

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

ARTE,ZDF,BBC,Club Investissement Média,Deutsche Grammophon,Caméras Continentales,Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet,Amaya Distribution,Welsh National Opera,Caméras Continentales, Club Investissement Média, Amaya Distribution, ZDF, Welsh National Opera, Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet, ARTE, Deutsche Grammophon, BBC

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0256261