Plot Summary

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.

Movie Details

Original Title
Pelléas et Mélisande
Status
released
Original Language
fr

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Production Companies

Caméras Continentales logoCaméras Continentales
Club Investissement Média
Amaya Distribution
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Welsh National Opera
Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet