Pelléas et Mélisande discography
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This is a discography of the complete recordings of Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy that are or have been available on CD. The 1941 mono recording conducted by Désormière is considered a reference by most critics and record collectors. Other recordings have received mixed reviews but most of them have their admirers.
| conductor | year | Live or studio | Pelléas | Mélisande | Golaud | Arkel | Yniold | Geneviève |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Désormière | 1941 | Recorded in the studio | Jacques Jansen | Irenè Joachim | Henry Etchéverry | Paul Cabanel | Leila Ben Sedira | Germaine Cernay |
| Emil Cooper | 1945 | Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera | Martial Singher | Bidu Sayao | Lawrence Tibbett | Alexander Kipnis | Lillian Raimondi | Margaret Harshaw |
| Ernest Ansermet | 1952 | Recorded in the studio | Pierre Mollet | Suzanne Danco | Heinz Rehfuß | André Vessières | Flore Wend | Hélène Bouvier |
| Ernest Ansermet | 1953 | Recorded in the studio | Jean Fournet | Janine Micheau | Michel Roux | Xavier Depraz | Annick Simon | Rita Gorr |
| Herbert von Karajan | 1954 | Recorded live at the RAI of Rome | Ernst Haefliger | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Michel Roux | Mario Petri | Graziella Sciutti | Christiane Gayraud |
| André Cluytens | 1956 | Recorded in the studio | Jacques Jansen | Victoria de los Angeles | Gérard Souzay | Pierre Froumenty | Françoise Ogéas | Jeannine Collard |
| Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht | 1962 | Recorded in the studio | Jacques Jansen | Micheline Grancher | Michel Roux | André Vessières | Françoise Ogéas | Solange Michel |
| Jean Fournet | 1962 | Recorded in the studio | Pierre Mollet | Julien Haas | Julien Haas | Joseph Rouleau | Ulga Chelavine | Solange Michel |
| Ernest Ansermet | 1964 | Recorded in the studio | Camille Maurane | Erna Spoorenberg | George London | Guus Hoekman | Rosine Brédy | Josephine Veasey |
| Lorin Maazel | 1969 | Recorded live at the RAI of Rome | Henri Gui | Jeannette Pilou | Gabriel Bacquier | Nicola Zaccari | Adriana Martino | Anna Reynolds |
| Jean-Marie Auberson | 1969 | Recorded live at the Grand Théâtre de Genève | Eric Tappy | Erna Spoorenberg | Gérard Souzay | Victor de Narké | Anne-Marie Blanzat | Arlette Chédel |
| Rafael Kubelik | 1969 | Recorded live at the Bavarian Radio | Nicolai Gedda | Helen Donath | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Peter Meven | Walter Gampert | Marga Schiml |
| Pierre Boulez | 1970 | Recorded in the studio | George Shirley | Elisabeth Söderström | Donald McIntyre | David Ward | Anthony Britten | Yvonne Minton |
| Herbert von Karajan | 1978 | Recorded in the studio | Richard Stilwell | Frederica von Stade | José van Dam | Ruggero Raimondi | Christine Barbaux | Nadine Denize |
| Serge Baudo | 1978 | Recorded in the studio | Claude Dormoy | Michèle Command | Gabriel Bacquier | Roger Soyer | Monique Pouradier-Duteil | Jocelyne Taillon |
| Armin Jordan | 1979 | Recorded in the studio | Eric Tappy | Rachel Yakar | Philippe Huttenlocher | François Loup | Colette Alliot-Lugaz | Jocelyne Taillon |
| Claudio Abbado | 1986 | Recorded live at the Teatro all Scala, Milan | Kurt Ollmann | Frederica von Stade | John Bröcheler | Nicolai Ghiaurov | Patrizia Pace | Glenys Linos |
| Charles Dutoit | 1990 | Recorded in the studio | Didier Henry | Colette Alliot-Lugat | Gilles Cachemaille | Pierre Thau | Françoise Golfier | Claudine Carlson |
| Claudio Abbado | 1990 | Recorded in the studio | François Le Roux | Maria Ewing | José van Dam | Jean-Philippe Courtis | Patricia Pace | Christa Ludwig |
| Jean-Claude Casadesus | 1996 | Recorded live | Gérard Théruel | Mireille Delunsch | Armand Arapian | Gabriel Bacquier | Françoise Golfier | Hélène Jossoud |
| Bernard Haitink | 2000 | Recorded live | Wolfgang Holzmair | Anne Sofie von Otter | Laurent Naouri | Alain Vernhes | Florence Couderc | Hanna Schaer |
These DVD's of Pelléas et Mélisande are currently available:
| conductor | director | year | Pelléas | Mélisande | Golaud | Arkel | Yniold | Geneviève |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Eliot Gardiner | Jean-François Jung | 1987 | François Le Roux | Colette Alliot-Lugaz | José van Dam | Roger Soyer | Françoise Golfier | Jocelyne Taillon |
| Pierre Boulez | Peter Stein | 1992 | Neill Archer | Alison Hagley | Donald Maxwell | Kenneth Cox | Samuel Burkey | Penelope Walker |
| Andrew Davis | Graham Vick | 1998 | Richard Croft | Christiane Oelze | John Tomlinson | Gwynne Howell | Jake Arditti | Jean Rigby |
| Franz Welser-Möst | Sven-Eric Bechtof | 2004 | Rodney Gilfry | Isabel Rey | Michael Volle | László Polgár | Eva Liebanu | Cornelia Kallisch |
