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Pelleas et Melisande

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A lyric drama in five acts by MAURICE MAETERLINCK Music by Debussy (sung in French) direct from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Debussy's only opera was inspired by the Belgian playwright Maeterlinck. The story is a legendary one containing all the ingredients of a fairy-tale, and in which, through a shadowy, symbolic and tragic drama, we see its characters submit to fate.
ROYAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master ROBIN STAPLETON
ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE leader CHARLES TAYLOR conducted by COLIN DAVIS Acts 1, 2 and 3 9.5* The Back of Our Destiny
BERNARD WILLIAMS, Knight-bridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, discusses the interpretation of Pelleas et Melisande.
9.25* Pelleas et Melisande Acts 4 and 5

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Robin Stapleton
Leader:
Charles Taylor
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Unknown:
Bernard Williams
Source: Radio Times

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