Pelleas and Melisande Composer Claude Debussy Librettist Maurice Maeterlinck Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1947 Language French Creative/Crew Conductor Wilfred Pelletier Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Arkel, King of Allemonde Lorenzo Alvary Geneviève, his daughter-in-law Margaret Harshaw Golaud, her elder son Lawrence Tibbett Pelléas, her younger son Martial Singher Mélisande Bidú Sayão Yniold, son of Golaud Martina Zubiri Doctor Desire Ligeti Show Dates Fri, Oct 10 1947, 8pm Time and Place Legendary Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- A Forest Scene 2 -- A Room in the Castle Scene 3 -- Terrace outside the Castle Act II, Scene 1 -- A Well in the Park Scene 2 -- Golaud's Chamber Scene 3 -- A Grotto (No intermission between Acts II and III) Act III, Scene 1 -- A Tower of the Castle Scene 2 -- Vaults of the Castle Scene 3 -- Terrace outside the Vaults Scene 4 -- Same as Scene 1 (No intermission between Acts III and IV) Act IV, Scene 1 -- Same as Scene 2, Act II Scene 2 -- Same as Scene 1, Act I Act V -- Melisande's Bedchamber Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1947_13_compressed.pdf (8 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------