Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Pelléas_et_Mélisande_(play)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:L.88
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Claude_Debussy
gptkbp:criticalReception innovative
controversial at premiere
gptkbp:duration about 2.5 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:André_Messager
gptkbp:genre lyric drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)
gptkbp:influenced 20th-century opera
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Maurice_Maeterlinck
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Pelléas
gptkb:Arkel
gptkb:Geneviève
gptkb:Golaud
gptkb:Mélisande
gptkb:Yniold
gptkbp:notableAria Je ne sais pas
Mes longs cheveux
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Pierre_Bernac
gptkb:Arda_Mandikian
gptkb:Maggie_Teyte
gptkb:Georges_Thill
gptkb:Natalie_Dessay
gptkb:Elīna_Garanča
gptkb:Simon_Keenlyside
gptkb:Mary_Garden
gptkb:Laurent_Naouri
gptkb:Gabriel_Fauré_(as_conductor)
gptkbp:notableProduction Robert Wilson (1997, Salzburg Festival)
Stéphane Braunschweig (2016, Aix-en-Provence)
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan_(EMI,_1978)
gptkb:Pierre_Boulez_(DG,_1992)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 5
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1902-04-30
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Opéra-Comique,_Paris
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:A._Durand_&_Fils
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_1925
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_1969
gptkbp:setting gptkb:mythical_kingdom_of_Allemonde
gptkbp:style gptkb:Impressionism
gptkbp:subject fate
jealousy
tragic love
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pelléas
gptkb:Ivo_van_Hove
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6