Live recording from the aalto musiktheater essen 2012 pellas jacques imbrailo mlisande michaela selinger golaud vincent le texier genevive doris soffel arkel wolfgang schne essener philharmoniker conductor stefan soltesz stage director nikolaus lehnhoff music of introverted tenderness and a libretto that hints at much and offers few answers such is pellas et mlisande claude debussys only completed opera based on the play of the same name by the symbolist and nobel prize winner mauric