Pelléas et Mélisande discography


This is a discography of Pelléas et Mélisande, an opera by Claude Debussy. The premiere performance was at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 30 April 1902. The list includes all of the studio recordings and also some live performances available on audio CD and DVD.
YearCast
Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		Label
Catalogue No.
1927Charles Panzéra,
Yvonne Brothier,
Vanni Marcoux,
Willy Tubiana.		Piero Coppola
Grand Orchestre Symphonique du Grammophone
CD: Pearl CD
Cat: 9300
CD: Andante
Cat: ANDCD3990
1928Alfred Maguenat,
Marthe Nespoulous,
Hector Dufranne,
Armand Narçon,
??,
Claire Croiza		Georges Truc
Orchestra of l'Opera
CD: VAI CD
Cat: VAIA 1093
CD: Andante
Cat: ANDCD3990
1934Edward Johnson,
Lucrezia Bori,
Ezio Pinza,
Léon Rothier,
Ellen Dalossy,
Ina Bourskaya		Louis Hasselmans
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		CD: EJS
1942Jacques Jansen,
Irène Joachim,
Henry Etchéverry,
Paul Cabanel,
Leila Ben Sedira,
Germaine Cernay		Roger Désormière,
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du
Conservatoire Paris		CD: EMI, Cat: 761 038-2
CD: Arkadia, Cat: 78018
CD: Grammofono, Cat: 2000 78727
1945Martial Singher,
Bidu Sayão,
Lawrence Tibbett,
Alexander Kipnis,
Lillian Raimondi,
Margaret Harshaw		Emil Cooper,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		CD: Walhall
Cat: WHL 27
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110030-1
1951Camille Maurane,
Suzanne Danco,
Henry Etchéverry,
André Vessières,
Marjorie Westbury,
Oda Slobodskaya		Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht,
Philharmonia Orchestra,
BBC Singers		CD: Testament
Cat: SBT31484
1951Pierre Mollet,
Suzanne Danco,
Heinz Rehfuß,
André Vessières,
Flore Wend,
Hélène Bouvier		Ernest Ansermet,
Chœurs et Orchestre de la Suiss Romande		CD: Decca
Cat: 425 965-2
1953Camille Maurane,
Janine Micheau,
Michel Roux,
Xavier Depraz,
Annick Simon,
Rita Gorr		Jean Fournet,
Orchestre Lamoureux
CD: Philips
Cat: 434 783-2
1954Ernst Haefliger,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Michel Roux,
Mario Petri,
Graziella Sciutti,
Christiane Gayraud		Herbert von Karajan,
RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and Coro di Roma		CD: Hunt
Cat: CDKAR 218
1956Jacques Jansen,
Victoria de los Ángeles,
Gérard Souzay,
Pierre Froumenty,
Françoise Ogéas,
Jeannine Collard		André Cluytens,
Chœur et Orchestre National de France		CD: Testament
Cat: SBT 3051
1962Jacques Jansen,
Micheline Grancher,
Michel Roux,
André Vessières,
Françoise Ogéas,
Solange Michel		Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht,
Chorale Lyrique de la RTF,
Orchestre National de la RTF		CD: Discque Montaigne
Cat: TCE 8710
1962Pierre Mollet,
Julien Haas,
Victoria de los Ángeles,
Joseph Rouleau,
Ulga Chelavine,
Solange Michel		Jean Fournet,
Teatro Colón orchestra and chorus		CD: Ornamenti
Cat: FE 118
1964Camille Maurane,
Erna Spoorenberg,
George London,
Guus Hoekman,
Rosine Brédy,
Josephine Veasey		Ernest Ansermet,
Gran Théâtre Chor Genf,
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande		CD: Decca
Cat: SET 277-9
1969Henri Gui,
Jeannette Pilou,
Gabriel Bacquier,
Nicola Zaccari,
Adriana Martino,
Anna Reynolds		Lorin Maazel,
Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI		CD: GOP
Cat: 62 ; 711
1969Éric Tappy,
Erna Spoorenberg,
Gérard Souzay,
Victor de Narké,
Anne-Marie Blanzat,
Arlette Chédel		Jean-Marie Auberson,
Grand Théâtre de Genève,
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,
Chor des Grand Théâtre de Genève		CD: Claves
Cat: 50-2416/16
1970George Shirley,
Elisabeth Söderström,
Donald McIntyre,
David Ward,
Anthony Britten,
Yvonne Minton		Pierre Boulez,
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus		CD: CBS
Cat: 77324
CD: Sony
Cat: 47265
1971Nicolai Gedda,
Helen Donath,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Peter Meven,
Walter Gampert,
Marga Schiml		Rafael Kubelík,
Chor und Symphonieorchester des
Bayerischen Rundfunks		CD: Orfeo
Cat: 367 942
1978Richard Stilwell,
Frederica von Stade,
José van Dam,
Ruggero Raimondi,
Christine Barbaux,
Nadine Denize		Herbert von Karajan,
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin,
Berliner Philharmoniker		CD: EMI
Cat: 749 350-2
For details, see Pelléas et Mélisande
1978Claude Dormoy,
Michèle Command,
Gabriel Bacquier,
Roger Soyer,
Monique Pouradier-Duteil,
Jocelyne Taillon,		Serge Baudo,
Ensemble Vocal de Bourgogne,
Orchestre de Lyon		CD: Eurodisc
Cat: 300 096-445
CD: RCA
Cat:74321 32225-2
1979Éric Tappy,
Rachel Yakar,
Philippe Huttenlocher,
François Loup,
Colette Alliot-Lugaz,
Jocelyne Taillon		Armin Jordan,
Chœurs et Orchestre National
de L'Opéra Monte Carlo		CD: Erato
Cat: 71296 ; 245 684-2
1986Kurt Ollmann,
Frederica von Stade,
John Bröcheler,
Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Patrizia Pace,
Glenys Linos		Claudio Abbado,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		CD: Opera D'Oro
Cat: OPD-1195
1987François Le Roux,
Colette Alliot-Lugaz,
José van Dam,
Roger Soyer,
Françoise Golfier,
Jocelyne Taillon,		John Eliot Gardiner,
Chor & Orchester der Oper Lyon		DVD: Arthaus DVD
Cat: 100 100
1988Malcolm Walker,
Eliane Manchet,
Vincent Le Texier,
Peter Meven,
Christian Fliegner,
Carol Yahr		John Carewe,
Chœurs de l'Opéra de Nice,
Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice		CD: Pierre Verany
Cat: 788 093-4
1990Didier Henry,
Colette Alliot-Lugat,
Gilles Cachemaille,
Pierre Thau,
Françoise Golfier,
Claudine Carlson		Charles Dutoit,
Chœurs et Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal		CD: Decca
Cat: 430 502-2
1991François Le Roux,
Maria Ewing,
José van Dam,
Jean-Philippe Courtis,
Patricia Pace,
Christa Ludwig		Claudio Abbado,
Vienna State Opera
Vienna Philharmonic
Vienna State Opera Choir		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 435 344-2
1992Neill Archer,
Alison Hagley,
Donald Maxwell,
Kenneth Cox,
Samuel Burkey,
Penelope Walker		Pierre Boulez,
Welsh National Opera orchestra and chorus		DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 072 431 3 ; 072 431 1
1996Gérard Théruel,
Mireille Delunsch,
Armand Arapian,
Gabriel Bacquier,
Françoise Golfier,
Hélène Jossoud		Jean-Claude Casadesus,
Opéra de Lille,
Orchestre National de Lille-Région
Nord-Pas-de-Calais Chorus		CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660047-9
1998Richard Croft,
Christiane Oelze,
John Tomlinson,
Gwynne Howell,
Jake Arditti,
Jean Rigby		Andrew Davis,
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus		DVD: Warner Vision
Cat: 5046783262
DVD: Kultur Video
2000Wolfgang Holzmair,
Anne Sofie von Otter,
Laurent Naouri,
Alain Vernhes,
Florence Couderc,
Hanna Schaer		Bernard Haitink,
Orchestre National d' Ile de France
Choeur de Radio France		CD: Naive
Cat: V 4923
2003Simon Keenlyside,
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson,
Gerald Finley,
John Tomlinson,
James Danner,
Nathalie Stutzmann		Bernard Haitink,
Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Concert performance, recorded on 18 October 2003		CD 2264
2004Rodney Gilfry,
Isabel Rey,
Michael Volle,
László Polgár,
Eva Liebanu,
Cornelia Kallisch		Franz Welser-Möst
Zusatzchor Opernhaus Zürich
Orchester der Oper Zürich		DVD: TDK
Cat: DVWW-OPPEM
2009Stéphane Degout,
Natalie Dessay,
Laurent Naouri,
Phillip Ens,
Beate Ritter,
Marie-Nicole Lemieux		Bertrand de Billy
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Arnold Schoenberg Choir		DVD: Virgin Classics
Cat: 6961379 1
2013Jacques Imbrailo,
Michaela Selinger,
Vincent Le Texier,
Wolfgang Schöne,
Dominik Eberle,
Doris Soffel		Stefan Soltesz
Essener Philharmoniker
Opernchor des Aalto-Theaters		DVD: Arthaus
ASIN: B00FEMGCB0
2017Christian Gerhaher,
Magdalena Kožená,
Gerald Finley,
Franz-Josef Selig,
Joshua Bloom,
Bernarda Fink		Simon Rattle
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus		CD: LSO Live