Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pelléas_et_Mélisande_(Debussy)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:Maurice_Maeterlinck
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Pelléas_et_Mélisande_(play)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber L. 88
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Claude_Debussy
gptkbp:duration about 2.5 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:André_Messager
gptkbp:genre Symbolist opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Claude_Debussy
gptkbp:notableAria Je ne sais pas
Mes longs cheveux
gptkbp:notableFeature psychological drama
innovative harmony
continuous music (no traditional arias)
influence on 20th-century opera
minimal stage action
subtle orchestration
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Gabriel_Fauré
gptkb:Frederica_von_Stade
gptkb:Pierre_Bernac
gptkb:Camille_Maurane
gptkb:Simon_Keenlyside
gptkb:Mary_Garden
gptkb:Elisabeth_Söderström
gptkbp:notableProduction Robert Wilson (1997, Salzburg Festival)
Stéphane Braunschweig (2016, Aix-en-Provence)
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Charles_Dutoit_(Decca,_1991)
gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan_(EMI,_1978)
Pierre Boulez (Sony, 1992)
gptkbp:notableRole gptkb:Pelléas
gptkb:Arkel
gptkb:Geneviève
gptkb:Golaud
gptkb:Mélisande
gptkb:Yniold
gptkbp:numberOfActs 5
gptkbp:orchestration full orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1902-04-30
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Opéra-Comique,_Paris
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:A._Durand_&_Fils
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:mythical_kingdom_of_Allemonde
gptkbp:style gptkb:Impressionism
gptkbp:subject tragic love triangle
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Christine_Schäfer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7