Pelléas & Mélisande / Claude Debussy.
| Author/creator | Debussy, Claude |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | New edition. |
| Publication Info | Richmond : Overture Publishing, 2011. |
| Description | 95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Included Work | Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Pelléas et Mélisande. Libretto. English. |
| Included Work | Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Pelléas et Mélisande. Libretto. French. |
| Included Work | Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949 librettist. |
| Included Work | Macdonald, Hugh, 1940- translator. |
| Included Work | John, Nicholas, editor. |
| Other author/creator | English National Opera. |
| Other author/creator | Royal Opera House (London, England) |
| Series | Opera guides ; 9 Opera guide ; 9. ^A176004 |
| Contents | Something borrowed, something new / Hugh Macdonald -- Musical synopsis / Roger Nichols -- Maeternick and the theatre / Alan Raitt -- Profound or pretentious? / Nicholas John -- Thematic guide -- Pelléas et Mélisande / Maurice Maeterlinck ; English translation by Hugh Macdonald. |
| Abstract | In this guide to Pelléas and Mélisande, Maeterlinck's original play is reprinted in full, so that the opera lover can read the scenes that Debussy did not set to music. The translator's much praised English translation is published here for the first time, with an essay uncovering the musical roots of Pelléas and Mélisande and illustrating its importance to the music of the twentieth century. Alain Raitt, author of several studies of symbolist writers, evaluates Maeterlinck's status as a dramatist, and Roger Nichols analyses the score. Proust's short pastiche of the opera and Arthur Symons's review of the first English performances challenge us to come to terms with this eternally intriguing masterpiece. |
| General note | Includes libretto in French by Maurice Maeterlinck ; with English translation by Hugh Macdonald. |
| General note | This Opera guide first published by John Calder (Publishers) Ltd in 1982. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 95) and discography (page 96). |
| Language | Text in English and French. |
| ISBN | 9780714544137 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML50.D289 P32 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |