Debussy found in Maeterlinck’s play Pelléas et Mélisande (1892) the inspiration he had long sought in vain and the pattern ...

At 106-years-old, "Pelleas et Melisande" may be the greatest opera of the standard repertoire that has eluded popular acceptance. Expectations ran high when it was announced that Natalie Dessay — the ...

Pelléas and Mélisande is meant to be quiet and dark and otherworldly. And the most striking aspect of last night’s Cleveland Orchestra’s performance of Claude Debussy’s only completed opera came in ...

NEW YORK -- Who are these people? Where are they, and to what mysterious forces do they move? Those are all questions raised by Claude Debussy's only completed opera, Pelléas et Mélisande. It's an ...

Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande makes one wish that the French composer had completed more than a single opera. While the work is often noted for Wagnerian strains, particularly in its thematic ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After the men had their say in Aix-en-Provence’s first two premieres this year, it was the women’s turn. Katie ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Anthony Tommasini It took until he was 55, but Simon Rattle finally made his Metropolitan Opera debut on Friday night. Mr. Rattle, who ...

Debussy lets nearly four acts of quiet passion go by before the opera's first love scene. Pelléas and Mélisande (soprano Marta Márquez and tenor Yann Beuron) acknowledge their deep feelings for each ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick By Anthony Tommasini Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the new music director of the Metropolitan Opera, may not have many appearances with the ...

A REVIEW of the premiere (1902) of Pelleas et Melisande complained of the work's "constant nebulosity" and of its "monotonous recitative, unbearable and moribund," remarks which are critical failures ...