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Holland Festival A performance in French of 'PELLEAS ET MELISANDE'

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Lyric drama in five acts by Maurice Maeterlinck
Music by Claude Debussy
Concertgebouw Orchestra
(Amsterdam)
Conducted by Henri Tomasi
Producer, Lothar Wallerstein
From the Kurhaus, Scheveningen.
Act 1
Scene 1: A forest glade, by a stream Scene 2: A hall in Arkel's castle Scene 3: In front of the castle
Act 2
Scene 1: By a fountain In the park Scene 2: A room in the castle
Scene 3: The entrance to a cave
Act 3
Scene 1 Below the tower of the castle Scene 2: The castle vaults
Scene 3: The terrace, by the vaults
Scene 4: A space in front of the castle
Act 4
Scene 1: A corridor in the castle
Scene 2: By a fountain in the park
Act 5
A room in the castle
After Act 3 (at approximately 9.45) there is an interval, during which Professor Anthony Blunt. Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, speaks about Samuel Courtauld. The occasion of this talk is the present exhibition of Courtauld pictures at the Tate Gallery

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Maeterlinck
Conducted By:
Henri Tomasi
Unknown:
Lothar Wallerstein
Unknown:
Professor Anthony Blunt.
Grandsons of Arkel: Pelleas:
Jacques Jansen
Golaud:
Bertrand Etcheverry
Arkel King of Allemonde:
Pierre Froumenty
Yniold, Golaud's son by a former marriage:
Jacqueline Cellier
A physician:
Gabriel Jullia
Melisande:
Irene Joachim
Genevieve:
Helene Bouvier

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