Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Pelléas et Mélisande live 1962 Herbert von Karajan (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Pelléas et Mélisande live 1962 Herbert von Karajan (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:28:59 minutes | 823 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Walhall Eternity Series

Newly remastered. Rare live recording conducted by Karajan during his Golden Age in Vienna Opera.

Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck’s symbolist play of the same name. It premiered at the Salle Favart in Paris by the Opéra-Comique on 30 April 1902; Jean Périer was Pelléas and Mary Garden was Mélisande, conducted by André Messager, who was instrumental in getting the Opéra-Comique to stage the work. The only opera Debussy ever completed, it is considered a landmark in 20th-century music.

The plot concerns a love triangle. Prince Golaud finds Mélisande, a mysterious young woman, lost in a forest. He marries her and brings her back to the castle of his grandfather, King Arkel of Allemonde. Here Mélisande becomes increasingly attached to Golaud’s younger half-brother Pelléas, arousing Golaud’s jealousy. Golaud goes to excessive lengths to find out the truth about Pelléas and Mélisande’s relationship, even forcing his own child, Yniold, to spy on the couple. Pelléas decides to leave the castle but arranges to meet Mélisande one last time and the two finally confess their love for one another. Golaud, who has been eavesdropping, rushes out and kills Pelléas. Mélisande dies shortly after, having given birth to a daughter, with Golaud still begging her to tell him “the truth.”

Tracklist:

1. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Je ne pourrai plus sortir de cette forêt. (12:08)
2. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Voici ce qu’il écrit à son frère Pelléas: (10:09)
3. Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Il fait sombre dans les jardins. (06:42)
4. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Vous ne savez pas où je vous ai menée? (08:53)
5. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Ah! Ah! Tout va bien, cela ne sera rien. (10:54)
6. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Interlude (02:26)
7. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Oui, c’est ici, nous y sommes. (05:36)
8. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Mes longs cheveux (09:20)
9. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Que faites-vous ici? (04:36)
10. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Prenez garde; par ici, par ici. (02:42)
11. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Ah! Je respire enfin! J’ai cru, un instant, Scene 3 (04:36)
12. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Viens, nous allons nous asseoir ici, (10:11)
13. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Applause (00:51)
14. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Où vas-tu? Il faut que je te parle ce soir. (03:20)
15. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Maintenant que le père de Pelléas (05:08)
16. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Pelléas part ce soir. (10:23)
17. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – C’est le dernier soir … (13:32)
18. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Interlude (01:18)
19. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Ce n’est pas de cette petite blessure (06:48)
20. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Voulez-vous vous éloigner un instant, (06:00)
21. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Qu’avez-vous fait? Vous allez la tuer. (05:08)
22. Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper – Attention…Attention… (08:07)

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