Pelléas et Mélisande

Pelléas et Mélisande 1992

Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's Symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande. It premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 30 April 1902 with Jean Périer as Pelléas and Mary Garden as Mélisande in a performance conducted by André Messager, who was instrumental in getting the Opéra-Comique to stage the work. The only opera Debussy ever completed, it is considered a landmark in 20th-century music.

Country United Kingdom

Production Country United Kingdom

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gnere Music

Production Companies BBC , ZDF , ARTE , Deutsche Grammophon , Caméras Continentales , Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet , Amaya Distribution , Welsh National Opera , Club Investissement Média

Release Date 1 February 1992

158 mins