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Pelleas et Melisande

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Opera in five acts by Debussy, to a text by Maurice Maeterlinck, live from the New Theatre, Cardiff.
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera chorus master Gareth Jones conductor Pierre Boulez. (baritone) (mezzo-soprano) (treble) (bass)
Acts I and 2 8.15 Katharine Worth considers Maeterlinck's creation of a new kind of theatre.
8.35 Act 3
9.10 Richard Langham
Smith reflects on the opera and talks about it to Pierre
Boulez.
9.30 Acts 4 and 5

Contributors

Librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck
Chorus master:
Gareth Jones
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Interval presenter:
Katharine Worth
Interval presenter:
Richard Langham Smith
Pelleas:
Neill Archer (tenor)
Melisande:
Alison Hagley (soprano)
Golaud:
Donald Maxwell
Genevieve:
Penelope Walker
Arkel:
Kenneth Cox (bass)
Yniold:
Samuel Burkey
Shepherd:
Doctor: Peter Massocchi
Source: Radio Times

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