An opera composed by Debussy. It is in four acts. It was completed in 1902 and premiered at the Opéra Comique in Paris in the same year. The script is based on the play of the same name by Maeterlinck, with some parts omitted from the original. Golaud, the grandson of Arquel, King of Almonde, meets Mélisande, a princess from a faraway country, by a spring in the forest, and takes her back to his castle to marry her. She becomes close to Golaud's half-brother, Pelléas. Irritated, Golau treats Mélisande harshly and tells Pelléas to leave the castle. Just as Pelléas and Mélisande are confessing their love to each other before they leave, Golaud appears and stabs Pelléas, and Mélisande dies, leaving behind her newborn child. This work, which took about 10 years to complete, is the only opera left by Debussy, and it is also extremely important in that it established his own unique style through composition. The way in which the various motives are skillfully handled, the entire piece is unified with recitation-style singing, and all emotional ups and downs are entrusted to the orchestra has had a huge impact on the history of music since then, and it is counted as one of the greatest masterpieces of modern opera. The Japanese premiere was in 1958 (Showa 33) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre. Based on the same play, Fauré composed an orchestral suite in 1898, Schoenberg a symphonic poem in 1903, and Sibelius composed incidental music in 1905. [Yukio Miyake] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
ドビュッシー作曲のオペラ。全四幕。1902年完成。同年パリのオペラ・コミック座初演。メーテルリンクの同名の戯曲に基づき、原作の一部を割愛して台本としている。アルモンドの王アルケルの孫ゴローは、森の中の泉のほとりで出会った遠い国の王女メリザンドを城に連れ帰り、妻とするが、彼女はゴローの父違いの弟ペレアスと親しくなる。いらだつゴローはメリザンドにつらくあたり、ペレアスには城を出て行くよう言い渡す。出発を前にペレアスとメリザンドが愛を告白しあっているところへゴローが現れてペレアスを刺し、メリザンドも生まれたばかりの子を残して息を引き取る。完成まで約10年を費やしたこの作品は、ドビュッシーが残した唯一のオペラであるとともに、彼が作曲を通じて自己の個性的な様式を確立したという点できわめて重要な位置にある。さまざまな動機を巧みに処理し、全曲を朗唱風の歌唱で統一し、いっさいの感情の起伏をオーケストラにゆだねる方法は、その後の音楽史に多大な影響を与え、近代オペラ中最高の傑作の一つに数えられている。日本初演は1958年(昭和33)東京都民劇場制作による。 なお同じ戯曲に基づいて、フォーレは1898年に管弦楽組曲を、シェーンベルクは1903年に交響詩を、そしてシベリウスは1905年に劇付随音楽を作曲している。 [三宅幸夫] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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