Pelléas et Mélisande

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyric drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn 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 ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 → premieredWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
subject linked to: Opéra-Comique, Paris, France
Achille-Claude Debussy → notableWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
subject linked to: Achille-Claude
Pelléas et Mélisande → basedOn → Pelléas et Mélisande (play) ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
Georgette Leblanc → notableWork → Pelléas et Mélisande (stage performances) ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 → basedOn → Pelléas et Mélisande (play) ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 → relatedWork → Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy opera) ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
Susan Graham → notableRole → Mélisande in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
Symbolist theatre → keyWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Geneviève → appearsIn → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Geneviève → firstPerformanceInWork → Pelléas et Mélisande (1902 premiere) ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
Ariane et Barbe-bleue → relatedWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Klaus-Michael Grüber → notableWork → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Mélisande → appearsIn → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Mélisande → adaptedIn → Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy opera) ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
Golaud → appearsIn → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Arkel → isCharacterIn → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Yniold → appearsIn → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
Yniold → appearsInAct → Act III of Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
Yniold → workTitleInEnglish → Pelléas and Mélisande ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande
mythical kingdom of Allemonde → appearsIn → Pelléas et Mélisande ⓘ
French Impressionism in music → associatedWork → Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy) ⓘ
linked to: Pelléas et Mélisande