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Debussy's only opera: Pelléas et Mélisande

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11. Debussy's only opera: Pelléas et Mélisande

Pelléas et Mélisande is Debussy’s only opera, and it’s considered to be a landmark in 20th-century music. The five-act love story premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in April 1902.

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Blind pianist Lucy’s sublime Debussy Arabesque crowned winning performance in The Piano finale

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Scientific reconstruction reveals Beethoven’s ‘true’ face 200 years after his death

Scientific reconstruction reveals Beethoven’s ‘true’ face 200 years after his death

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The Phoenician Scheme: Wes Anderson’s ingenious use of Stravinsky and other classical music

New Wes Anderson film ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ is scored with Stravinsky’s music

Hundreds of musicians protest Cardiff University’s proposed music school closure

Cardiff University scraps plans to axe music department

The Piano Boat comes to Britain's canals

Floating piano boat named ‘Rachmaninov’ to return to London’s canals

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Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman in 2009

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