Pelléas et Mélisande / Claude Debussy.
Star conductor Simon Rattle leads a superb cast in this mesmerizing performance of Debussy's rarely staged opera. Stéphane Degout and Magdalena Kožená are the tragic title couple--lovers caught in a web of passion as strong as it is forbidden. Gerald Finley delivers a remarkable portrayal of Go...
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| Format: | Audio |
| Language: | French |
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[New York, New York] :
[Metropolitan Opera],
[2011]
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| Summary: | Star conductor Simon Rattle leads a superb cast in this mesmerizing performance of Debussy's rarely staged opera. Stéphane Degout and Magdalena Kožená are the tragic title couple--lovers caught in a web of passion as strong as it is forbidden. Gerald Finley delivers a remarkable portrayal of Golaud, Mélisande's husband and Pelléas's half-brother, and Felicity Palmer is their mother, Geneviève. Willard White brings dramatic and vocal intensity to the brief but crucial role of the blind old king Arkel. |
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| Item Description: | Duration: 2 hr., 52 min., 44 sec. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 52 min., 44 sec.)) |
| Playing Time: | 02:52:44 |
| Participant or Performer: | Magdalena Kozená ; Felicity Palmer ; Stéphane Degout ; Gerald Finley ; Willard White ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Simon Rattle, conductor. |
| Language: | Sung in French. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded live in 2011 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York. |