BERLIN — It may seem a paradox that one of the most influential composers of modern sung theater completed only one opera. “Pelléas et Mélisande” brought French composer Claude Debussy instant fame in ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The Italian director Romeo Castellucci, known for his avant-garde theater productions, will take on Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” in his La Scala debut. In April, Romeo ...

Though Claude Debussy turned 150 last August, his work remains modern and audacious. A sort of precursor to 1980s noise musicians John Cage and Sonic Youth and Michael Gira, Debussy used discord to ...

Over forty years ago, a Yale senior named Carolyn Abbate ’77 stumbled upon an unfinished Claude Debussy opera in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. The opera, “La Chute de la Maison Usher,” was ...

The composer of "Claire de lune" and "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" wrote only one opera, a poisoned tale set in a mythical forest. The music seeps sadness in a story about a widowed prince, ...

Perhaps it has appeared so infrequently because of the relatively static nature of the drama and the naturalistic setting of the text. Overall, it seems better suited to the concert hall, and so it ...

Among the productions I have seen of Debussy’s Pelléas Et Mélisande, those that best capture its elusive spirit subscribe to the “less is more” school of design. This is not for Norwegian director ...

MORE than once has it been possible to hear Mme. Maria Mueller as Aida, Mr. Martinelli as Rhadames, and other Metropolitan principals in the well-worn measures of Verdi’s Egyptalian opera.