 | Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918   |
- La chute de la maison Usher
- Le diable dans le beffroi
- Rodrigue et Chimène - 1993
- Pelléas et Mélisande - 1902
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| Born: 22/08/1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye | ||
| Died: 25/03/1918, Paris | ||
| Like Beethoven, Debussy finished only one opera, but his setting of Maeterlinck's Symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande is a key work in twentieth century music drama. In many ways an "anti-opera", Pelléas contained little of the conventional singing or action audiences at the première had come to expect, but Debussy used his subtle orchestration to create an elusive, dream-like atmosphere, which still has the power to fascinate (or repel) listeners today. | ||
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