Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande
1902 · Work
Debussy's only completed opera, after Maeterlinck's symbolist play, divides its Opéra-Comique audience with its hushed, half-spoken lines and dreamlike orchestra — and breaks Wagner's spell on French music.
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