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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Operas by Claude Debussy, Preludes by Claude Debussy, Pell as et M lisande, List of compositions by Claude Debussy, List of compositions by Claude Debussy by Lesure Numbers, Pr lude l'apr s-midi d'un faune, Pr ludes, La plus que lente, La cath drale engloutie, La mer, La chute de la maison Usher, Suite bergamasque, Images pour orchestre, Rodrigue et Chim ne, Jeux, Children's Corner, Nocturnes, Arabesques, Le diable dans le beffroi, Estampes, Ariettes oubli es, Le martyre de Saint S bastien, L'isle joyeuse, Reflets dans l'eau, Syrinx, Premi re rhapsodie, String Quartet, Cello Sonata, L'enfant prodigue, tudes, Pour le piano, Violin Sonata, Brouillards, La fille aux cheveux de lin, Hommage S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C., Valse romantique, Des pas sur la neige, Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest, Voiles. Excerpt: Pell as et M lisande (Pell as and M lisande) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's Symbolist play Pell as et M lisande. It premiered at the Op ra-Comique in Paris on 30 April 1902 with Jean P rier as Pell as and Mary Garden as M lisande in a performance conducted by Andr Messager, who was instrumental in getting the Op ra-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 a mysterious young woman, M lisande, lost in a forest. He marries her and brings her back to the castle of his grandfather, King Arkel of Allemonde. Here M lisande becomes increasingly attached to Golaud's younger half-brother Pell as, arousing Golaud's jealousy. Golaud goes to excessive lengths to find out the truth about Pell as and M lisande's relationship, even forcing his own child, Yniold, to spy on the couple. Pell as decides to leave the castle bu...