Decoding the music masterpieces: Debussy’s only opera, Pelléas and Mélisande
- Written by Madeline Roycroft, PhD candidate and tutor in music history, University of Melbourne
Samuel Dundas and Siobhan Stagg in Victorian Opera's production of Pelléas and MélisandeJeff Busby
Claude Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande holds a unique place in the repertoire of turn-of-the-century France. For his only completed opera, Debussy rejected the musical and dramatic conventions of the genre, crafting a...
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