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Pelleas et Melisande

BBC Radio 3
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Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Debussy's five-act opera to a text by Maurice Maeterlinck.
Sung in French.
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conductor Claudio Abbado
Acts 1-3
9.05 Exactitude and Negligence
Philip Weller explores
Debussy's admiration for Rameau in the word-setting of Pelleas et Melisande.
9.25 Acts 4 and 5

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Maeterlinck.
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Unknown:
Philip Weller
Pelleas:
Francois Le Roux(bar)
Melisande:
Frederick von Stade(mezzo)
Golaud:
Ruggero Raimondi(bass)
Genevieve:
Yvonne Minton(mezzo)
Arkel:
Robert Lloyd(bass)
Yniold:
Patrizia Pace(soprano)
Shepherd/Physician:
Gordon Sandison(baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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