Watch pelleas et melisande on the opera platform, for free and all. Pelleas et melisande at the met featuring finley and. It was made in april 1952, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere. Download debussy pelleas et melisande live from the met. Pelleas et melisande broadcasted live and on demand festival. First performance at edison denisov, lyon on 14 may 1993.
Alain altinoglu debuts with the berliner philharmoniker. Golaud findet an einer quelle ein scheues junges madchen, melisande. This is a discography of pelleas et melisande, an opera by claude debussy. Debussy, emil cooper, chorus and orchestra of the metropolitan opera, new york, martial singher, alexander kipnis, lawrence tibbett debussy. The result surpasses even the expectations raised by the bach passions. Jul 04, 2012 to explore further debussys subtle orchestral hues, his short ballet, jeux, is seen by many as an even fuller expression of his avantgarde soundworld. This semistaged performance of glyndebournes new production, marking the centenary of the composers death, is conducted by the company. In a dark castle weighed down by grief, a widower has brought home a mysterious young girl. If you want to save money on this opera until you are certain it is for you then go for the excellent jeanclaude casadesus in a very good recording from lille from 1996 naxos 8.
Jan 07, 2016 simon rattle and peter sellars on pelleas et melisande. Its a dark view of the score the love scenes are omitted, for. As they peer into a cave moonlight floods in, revealing three whitehaired beggars. Pronunciation of pelleas et melisande with 1 audio pronunciation and more for pelleas et melisande. Delicate, erotic, and menacing by turns, this is an opera like no other. The final installment of this project will feature the cso performing debussy s opera pelleas et melisande in collaboration with cincinnati opera on october 2021 at music hall. Pelleas et melisande film francais torrent complet telecharger claude debussy. Pelleas et melisande debussy trailer festival daixenprovence. A concert suite from debussys opera pelleas et melisande, however, is clearly the discs raison detre. French, spanish, german, english, japanese, korean. The opera as a whole is very slow and lowkey, and the singing mostly parlando which at least works better on dvd with subtitles.
Pelleas et melisande, claude debussy articulate silences. Pelleas et melisande ist eine franzosische oper in funf akten 15 bildern. Claude debussys pelleas et melisande is a unique, timeless work. To explore further debussys subtle orchestral hues, his short ballet, jeux, is seen by many as an even fuller expression of his avantgarde soundworld. No quotes approved yet for debussy pelleas et melisande. Cincinnati symphony orchestra to stage groundbreaking. Text based on the play 1892 by maurice maeterlinck. Its a work that is founded on ambience and ambiguity, as much in the libretto maurice maeterlincks symbolist drama brought over almost intact as in the haunting qualities of debussys music, which. Claude debussys only opera, pelleas et melisande is a remarkable setting of maurice maeterlincks symbolist play.
Beginning with its premiere performance of pelleas et melisande in 1925, the metropolitan opera has consistently lavished firstrate conductors and singers on debussy s enigmatic masterpiece. One has to treat the piece more as a human drama than a spectacular musical experience in the bizet vein. In this brief study of pelleas et melisande, the composers only completed music drama, an attempt will be made to trace these many and varied influences, correlate them with the composers musical style, and thus arrive at a deeper understanding of the nature of this remarkable work, along with its place in the history of the music drama. The word overview ideally suggests that every single extant version of a recording should be covered in the contents.
Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Symbol and motive in debussys pelleas et melisande unt. One commentator stated to the effect that sadly, one needs the castles and the forests, etc. Sellarss staging completely captures the human essence of maurice maeterlincks play. Jan 07, 2011 pelleas et melisande is an amazing testament to debussys intellect and talent, and should always be presented with such high standards of artistry.
When an attraction develops between the girl and his brother, the family is shattered. Debussy pelleas et melisande live from the met leonard, appleby 320kbps. Opera explained debussy pelleas et melisande thomson. Pelleas et melisande is by no means my favourite debussy work. Download bbc proms 2018, prom 5 debussy pelleas et melisande 320kbps. It is a bit like its characters, who evolve in another world, lost in the mists of a never ending dream, set to a hypnotic music that serves as a blurry mirror image of it.
Bernard haitinks reading of this glorious, misty work is gloriously misty, if thats what youre looking for. Debussys only opera has fared very well on recordings, and this set stands tall even within that framework. Claude debussy 1862 1918 libretto based on the play pelleas et melisande by maurice maeterlinck first performance at operacomique, paris on 30 april 1902. Pelleas et melisande dutoit, henry, alliotlugaz, cachemaille release date. Bbc proms 2018, prom 5 debussy pelleas et melisande. Love, desire, power and violence permeate this luminous score arguably one of the greatest of the 20th century. Although debussy may have aspired to make his libretto true to his text source, he was dealing with a moving target, since maeterlinck published two revisions of his play during the nine years between 1893, when debussy began composing the opera, and 1902, when the vocal score was published. Jul 17, 2018 launching our debussy centenary celebrations, glyndebourne brings the composers luminous symbolist opera pelleas et melisande a tale of desire, jealousy and revenge to the proms. Simon boccanegra february 2010 boris godunov november 2010. Pelleas et melisande is a symbolist play by maurice maeterlinck about the forbidden, doomed love of the title characters. Subtitles are available in english with the option of autotranslation into over 100 other languages. Pelleas et melisande 5 acts french libretto based on the play pelleas et melisande by maurice maeterlinck first performance at operacomique, paris on 30 april 1902.
He first read it in 1892 or 1893, later in 1902 acknowledging, the drama of pelleas which, despite its dreamlike atmosphere, contains far more humanity than those socalled reallife documents, seemed to suit my intentions admirably. Prince golaud finds a mysterious young woman lost in the forest, and marries her. Opera explained debussy pelleas et melisande thomson smillie audio book torrent free download, 9007. Abbado uses erich leinsdorfs arrangement of excerpts, adding a few of his own to create a fourmovement symphonic poem. Simon rattle and peter sellars on pelleas et melisande. Debussy pelleas et melisande movie quotes rotten tomatoes. Debussy works his magic by slowly and persistently beguiling the listener with mesmerizing, understated harmonies like an immense, inescapable gravitational pull until the full weight of sadness is.
Pelleas et melisande with simon rattle, christian gerhaher. Debussy works his magic by slowly and persistently beguiling the listener with mesmerizing, understated harmonies like an immense, inescapable. It was captured in january 2016 during performances of an innovative collaboration between rattle and peter sellars, two of the boldest creative minds in. The 2004 zurich production of pelleas et melisande is a curious one, but then debussys only complete opera is a strange and enigmatic work. It was first performed in 1893 the work was very popular.
Pelleas et melisande can be followed without reading every word of the text, though you will miss some beautiful and evocative lines. Genevieve, mother of pelleas and golaud, nadine weissmann. Debussys pelleas et melisande by lawrence gilman free ebook. The final installment of this project will feature the cso performing debussys opera pelleas et melisande in collaboration with cincinnati opera on october 2021 at music hall. Claude debussy pelleas et melisande 1979, vinyl discogs. Jul 09, 2010 in one of debussys most evocative scenes, pelleas and melisande pretend to hunt for the ring by the sea. The new york times wrote about this performance with simon rattle. When he wrote it, debussy asserted it is an opera after wagner, not inspired by wagner. Reflections on the new edition of pelleas transcript. Victorian operas production of claude debussys pelleas and melisande on 11 and october 2018 at palais theatre, st kilda.
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