Pelleas et Mllisande Opera in five acts Music by Debussy Libretto by UAURICE MAETERLINCK (sung in French)
(gramophone records)
Debussy's only opera was Inspired by the Belgian play-wright 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.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN conducted by PIERRE BOULEZ
The action takes place in the imaginary kingdom of Allemonde in medieval times.
Acts 1, 2 and 3 4.0* Edward Lockspeiser talks about Debussy and 20th-century opera,
4.15* The French Opera Pelleas et Melisande Acts 4 and 5