Debussy's opera in JOHN ELIOT GARDINER 'S revised edition of the original 1902 version which restores the cuts imposed by the Paris censors. The opera sets
MAETERLINCK'S tragic play about the love of Melisande for her husband's half-brother,
Pelleas. (sung in French)
MONTEVERDI CHOIR
LYONS OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by JOHN ELIOT GARDINER (R) Acts 1, 2 and 3 9.00 Roger Nichols talks with John Eliot Gardiner about his edition of Pelleas. (R)
9.20 Acts 4 and 5 (Given at the 1988 Proms in the Royal Albert Hall , London)
