This is a list of audio and video recordings of Pelléas et Mélisande, an opera by Claude Debussy. The premiere performance was at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 30 April 1902.

YearCast(Pelléas, Mélisande, Golaud,Arkel, Yniold, Geneviève)Conductor,Opera House and OrchestraLabelCatalogue No.1927Charles Panzéra,Yvonne Brothier,Vanni Marcoux,Willy Tubiana.Piero CoppolaGrand Orchestre Symphonique du Grammophone(Original by Victor/His Master's Voice)CD: Pearl CDCat: 9300CD: AndanteCat: ANDCD39901928Alfred Maguenat,Marthe Nespoulous,Hector Dufranne,Armand Narçon,??,Claire CroizaGeorges TrucOrchestra de l'Opéra-Comique(Original by Columbia Records)CD: VAI CDCat: VAIA 1093CD: AndanteCat: ANDCD39901934Edward Johnson,Lucrezia Bori,Ezio Pinza,Léon Rothier,Ellen Dalossy,Ina BourskayaLouis HasselmansMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: EJS(live broadcast)1942Jacques Jansen,Irène Joachim,Henry Etchéverry,Paul Cabanel,Leila Ben Sedira,Germaine CernayRoger Désormière,Orchestre de la Société des Concerts duConservatoire ParisCD: EMI, Cat: 761 038-2CD: Arkadia, Cat: 78018CD: Grammofono, Cat: 2000 78727(Studio recording)1945 Martial Singher,Bidu Sayão,Lawrence Tibbett,Alexander Kipnis,Lillian Raimondi,Margaret HarshawEmil Cooper,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: WalhallCat: WHL 27CD: NaxosCat: 8.110030-1(live broadcast)1951Camille Maurane,Suzanne Danco,Henry Etchéverry,André Vessières,Marjorie Westbury,Oda SlobodskayaDésiré-Émile Inghelbrecht,Philharmonia Orchestra,BBC SingersCD: TestamentCat: SBT31484(Studio broadcast)1951Pierre Mollet,Suzanne Danco,Heinz Rehfuß,André Vessières,Flore Wend,Hélène BouvierErnest Ansermet,Chœurs et Orchestre de la Suiss RomandeCD: DeccaCat: 425 965-2(Studio recording)1953Camille Maurane,Janine Micheau,Michel Roux,Xavier Depraz,Annick Simon,Rita GorrJean Fournet,Orchestre LamoureuxCD: PhilipsCat: 434 783-2(Studio recording)1954 Ernst Haefliger,Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,Michel Roux,Mario Petri,Graziella Sciutti,Christiane GayraudHerbert von Karajan,RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and Coro di RomaCD: HuntCat: CDKAR 2181956 Jacques Jansen,Victoria de los Ángeles,Gérard Souzay,Pierre Froumenty,Françoise Ogéas,Jeannine CollardAndré Cluytens,Chœur et Orchestre National de FranceCD: TestamentCat: SBT 3051(EMI studio recording)1962 Jacques Jansen,Micheline Grancher,Michel Roux,André Vessières,Françoise Ogéas,Solange MichelDésiré-Émile Inghelbrecht,Chorale Lyrique de la RTF,Orchestre National de la RTFCD: Discque MontaigneCat: TCE 8710(Studio recording)1962 Pierre Mollet,Julien Haas,Victoria de los Ángeles,Joseph Rouleau,Ulga Chelavine,Solange MichelJean Fournet,Teatro Colón orchestra and chorusCD: OrnamentiCat: FE 118(live recording)1964 Camille Maurane,Erna Spoorenberg,George London,Guus Hoekman,Rosine Brédy,Josephine VeaseyErnest Ansermet,Gran Théâtre Chor Genf,Orchestre de la Suisse RomandeCD: DeccaCat: SET 277-9(Studio recording)1969Henri Gui,Jeannette Pilou,Gabriel Bacquier,Nicola Zaccaria,Adriana Martino,Anna ReynoldsLorin Maazel,Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAICD: GOPCat: 62; 7111969Éric 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 GenèveCD: ClavesCat: 50-2416/161970George Shirley,Elisabeth Söderström,Donald McIntyre,David Ward,Anthony Britten,Yvonne Minton Pierre Boulez,Royal Opera House orchestra and chorusCD: CBSCat: 77324CD: SonyCat: 472651971 Nicolai Gedda,Helen Donath,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Peter Meven,Walter Gampert,Marga SchimlRafael Kubelík,Chor und Symphonieorchester desBayerischen RundfunksCD: OrfeoCat: 367 942(1971 live recording first released in 1994)1978 Richard Stilwell,Frederica von Stade,José van Dam,Ruggero Raimondi,Christine Barbaux,Nadine DenizeHerbert von Karajan,Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin,Berliner Philharmoniker(Studio recording; for details, see Pelléas et Mélisande (Herbert von Karajan recording))CD: EMICat: 749 350-21978 Claude Dormoy,Michèle Command,Gabriel Bacquier,Roger Soyer,Monique Pouradier-Duteil,Jocelyne Taillon,Serge Baudo,Ensemble Vocal de Bourgogne,Orchestre de LyonCD: EurodiscCat: 300 096-445CD: RCACat:74321 32225-21979 Éric Tappy,Rachel Yakar,Philippe Huttenlocher,François Loup,Colette Alliot-Lugaz,Jocelyne TaillonArmin Jordan,Chœurs et Orchestre Nationalde L'Opéra Monte CarloCD: EratoCat: 71296; 245 684-2(Studio recording)1986Kurt Ollmann,Frederica von Stade,John Bröcheler,Nicolai Ghiaurov,Patrizia Pace,Glenys LinosClaudio Abbado,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Opera D'OroCat: OPD-11951987François Le Roux,Colette Alliot-Lugaz,José van Dam,Roger Soyer,Françoise Golfier,Jocelyne Taillon,John Eliot Gardiner,Chor & Orchester der Oper LyonDVD: Arthaus DVDCat: 100 1001988Malcolm Walker,Eliane Manchet,Vincent Le Texier,Peter Meven,Christian Fliegner,Carol YahrJohn Carewe,Chœurs de l'Opéra de Nice,Orchestre Philharmonique de NiceCD: Pierre VeranyCat: 788 093-41990Didier Henry,Colette Alliot-Lugat,Gilles Cachemaille,Pierre Thau,Françoise Golfier,Claudine CarlsonCharles Dutoit,Chœurs et Orchestre Symphonique de MontréalCD: DeccaCat: 430 502-2(Studio recording)1991François Le Roux,Maria Ewing,José van Dam,Jean-Philippe Courtis,Patricia Pace,Christa LudwigClaudio Abbado,Vienna State OperaVienna PhilharmonicVienna State Opera ChoirCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 435 344-2(Studio recording)1992Neill Archer,Alison Hagley,Donald Maxwell,Kenneth Cox,Samuel Burkey,Penelope WalkerPierre Boulez,Welsh National Opera orchestra and chorusDVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 072 431 3; 072 431 11996Gérard Théruel,Mireille Delunsch,Armand Arapian,Gabriel Bacquier,Françoise Golfier,Hélène JossoudJean-Claude Casadesus,Opéra de Lille,Orchestre National de Lille-RégionNord-Pas-de-Calais ChorusCD: NaxosCat: 8.660047-91998Richard Croft,Christiane Oelze,John Tomlinson,Gwynne Howell,Jake Arditti,Jean RigbyAndrew Davis,Glyndebourne Festival OperaLondon Philharmonic Orchestra,Glyndebourne Festival ChorusDVD: Warner VisionCat: 5046783262DVD: Kultur Video2000Wolfgang Holzmair,Anne Sofie von Otter,Laurent Naouri,Alain Vernhes,Florence Couderc,Hanna SchaerBernard Haitink,Orchestre National d' Ile de FranceChoeur de Radio FranceCD: Naive (France)Cat: V 49232003Simon Keenlyside,Lorraine Hunt Lieberson,Gerald Finley,John Tomlinson,James Danner,Nathalie StutzmannBernard Haitink,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Tanglewood Festival ChorusConcert performance, recorded on 18 October 2003CD 22642004Rodney Gilfry,Isabel Rey,Michael Volle,László Polgár,Eva Liebanu,Cornelia KallischFranz Welser-MöstZusatzchor Opernhaus ZürichOrchester der Oper ZürichDVD: TDKCat: DVWW-OPPEM2009Stéphane Degout,Natalie Dessay,Laurent Naouri,Phillip Ens,Beate Ritter,Marie-Nicole LemieuxBertrand de BillyORF Radio-Symphonieorchester WienArnold Schoenberg ChoirDVD: Virgin ClassicsCat: 6961379 12013Jacques Imbrailo,Michaela Selinger,Vincent Le Texier,Wolfgang Schöne,Dominik Eberle,Doris SoffelStefan Soltesz,Essener PhilharmonikerOpernchor des Aalto-TheatersBlu-ray: Arthaus MusikPelléas et Mélisande, Essener Philharmoniker, 2013: Blu-ray, ; DVD, .2016Jacques Imbrailo,Corinne Winters,Kyle Ketelsen,Brindley Sherratt, Damien Göritz,Yvonne NaefAlain Altinoglu,Zürich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich(Producer: Dmitri Tcherniakov; recorded live in May 2016)Blu-ray: Bel Air ClassiquesPelléas et Mélisande, Opernhaus Zürich, 2016, .2016Marc Mauillon,Jenny Daviet,Laurent Alvaro,Stephen Bronk,Julie Mathevet,Emma LyrenMaxime Pascal,Malmö Opera orchestra and chorus(Stage direction: Benjamin Lazar; recorded live in May)Blu-ray: Bel Air ClassiquesPelléas et Mélisande, Malmö, 2016: Blu-ray, ; DVD, .Mike Ashman, Review of Pelléas et Mélisande, Malmö, 2016, Gramophone, February 2018, pp. 85, 87.2017Christian Gerhaher,Magdalena Kožená,Gerald Finley,Franz-Josef Selig,Joshua Bloom,Bernarda FinkSimon RattleLondon Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony ChorusCD: LSO Live2025Huw Montague Rendall,Sabine Devieilhe,Gordon Bintner,Jean Teitgen,(unidentified soloist),Sophie KochAntonello ManacordaParis Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Stage director: Wajdi Mouawad; recorded live, 20 April, Opéra Bastille)HD video:medici.tv"Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at the Paris Opera", 2025, medici.tv

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