Pelléas et Mélisande

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lyric drama opera

Pelléas et Mélisande is an opera by Claude Debussy that is celebrated as a landmark of musical Impressionism and French lyric drama.

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Label Occurrences
Pelléas et Mélisande canonical 7
Pelléas et Mélisande (play) 1
Pelléas et Mélisande (stage performances) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyric drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn Pelléas et Mélisande self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pelléas et Mélisande (play)
basedOnAuthor Maurice Maeterlinck ⓘ
catalogueNumber L. 88 ⓘ
composer Claude Debussy ⓘ
conductorAtPremiere André Messager ⓘ
duration approximately 2 hours 30 minutes ⓘ
firstCompleteRecordingYear 1920s ⓘ
genre Symbolist opera ⓘ
musical Impressionism ⓘ
historicalSignificance landmark of French lyric drama ⓘ
landmark of musical Impressionism ⓘ
influenced 20th-century opera ⓘ
French modernist composers ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Maurice Maeterlinck ⓘ
musicalStyle Impressionism ⓘ
nationalTradition French opera ⓘ
notableFeature avoidance of traditional operatic arias ⓘ
continuous declamatory vocal style ⓘ
speech-like melodic writing ⓘ
subtle orchestration ⓘ
notableInterpreter Charles Dutoit ⓘ
Herbert von Karajan ⓘ
Pierre Boulez ⓘ
notableRoleVoiceType Arkel: bass ⓘ
Golaud: baritone ⓘ
Mélisande: soprano ⓘ
Pelléas: high baritone or tenor ⓘ
numberOfActs 5 ⓘ
orchestration large orchestra ⓘ
originalRole Arkel ⓘ
Geneviève ⓘ
Golaud ⓘ
Mélisande ⓘ
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 ⓘ
surface form: Pelléas

Yniold ⓘ
originalTheatreDirector Albert Carré ⓘ
periodOfCompositionEnd 1902 ⓘ
periodOfCompositionStart 1893 ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereCountry France ⓘ
premiereDate 1902-04-30 ⓘ
premierePlace Opéra-Comique ⓘ
publisher A. Durand & Fils ⓘ
setting mythical kingdom of Allemonde ⓘ
structure through-composed ⓘ
vocalForces chorus ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ

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Claude Debussy → notableWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Maurice Maeterlinck → notableWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
French symbolism → hasInfluentialWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Opéra-Comique → notablePremiere → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Salle Favart → hasPremiere → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Opéra-Comique, Paris, France → premieredWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
subject surface form: Opéra-Comique
Achille-Claude → notableWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
subject surface form: Achille-Claude Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande → basedOn → Pelléas et Mélisande self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pelléas et Mélisande (play)
Georgette Leblanc → notableWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pelléas et Mélisande (stage performances)