Research Catalog

Title

Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : opera in five acts / music by Claude Debussy, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Author

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949.
• Otter, Anne Sofie von
• Palmer, Felicity
• Burden, William
• Dam, José van
• Scandiuzzi, Roberto, 1958-
• Goldberg, Jason (Singer)
• Lehr, LeRoy
• Carfizzi, Patrick
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Juntwait, Margaret
• McLaughlin, William F.
• Blier, Steven
• Zeger, Brian
• Lorenzo, Perry
• Waters, Willie Anthony
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection

Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 5, 2005]

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subject

Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Durations: 2:51:20 (Opera) ; 1:09:22 (Introduction, synopses, and intermission features).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera News

Performer (note)

• Anne Sofie von Otter (Mélisande) ; Felicity Palmer (Geneviève) ; William Burden (Pélleas) ; José Van Dam (Golaud) ; Roberto Scandiuzzi (King Arkel) ; Jason Goldberg (Yniold) ; LeRoy Lehr (A Shepherd) ; Patrick Carfizzi (A Physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 5, 2005.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in French.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Margaret Juntwait) ; Act 1 ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Juntwait) ; Act 2 -- CD 2. Act 3 -- CD 3. Act 4 ; Synopsis of Act 5 (Juntwait) ; Act 5 -- CD 4. Opera News on the Air (Bill McLaughlin tells how Debussy changed the way we look at music ; Steven Blier discusses the songs of Debussy with examples sung by José Van Dam) ; Synopsis of Act 3 (Juntwait) ; Metropolitan Opera quiz (Brian Zeger questions Ken Benson, Perry Lorenzo, and Willie Anthony Waters) ; Synopsis of Act 4 (Juntwait) ; Closing remarks (Juntwait).

Call Number

*LDC 38200

OCLC

NYPG05-R10189

Author

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.

Title

Pelléas et Mélisande [sound recording] : opera in five acts / music by Claude Debussy, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Series

Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 5, 2005]

Cast

Anne Sofie von Otter (Mélisande) ; Felicity Palmer (Geneviève) ; William Burden (Pélleas) ; José Van Dam (Golaud) ; Roberto Scandiuzzi (King Arkel) ; Jason Goldberg (Yniold) ; LeRoy Lehr (A Shepherd) ; Patrick Carfizzi (A Physician) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera News, v. 69, no. 7 (January 2005).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 5, 2005.

Language

Sung in French.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. Pelléas et Mélisande.

Otter, Anne Sofie von. Performer

Palmer, Felicity. Performer

Burden, William. Performer

Dam, José van. Performer

Scandiuzzi, Roberto, 1958- Performer

Goldberg, Jason (Singer)

Lehr, LeRoy. Performer

Carfizzi, Patrick. Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

McLaughlin, William F. Commentator

Blier, Steven. Commentator

Zeger, Brian. Commentator

Lorenzo, Perry. Commentator

Waters, Willie Anthony. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 38200