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This is a discography of the complete recordings of Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy that are or have been available on CD. The 1941 mono recording conducted by Désormière is considered a reference by most critics and record collectors. Other recordings have received mixed reviews but most of them have their admirers.

conductor	year	Live or studio	Pelléas	Mélisande	Golaud	Arkel	Yniold	Geneviève
Roger Désormière	1941	Recorded in the studio	Jacques Jansen	Irenè Joachim	Henry Etchéverry	Paul Cabanel	Leila Ben Sedira	Germaine Cernay
Emil Cooper	1945	Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera	Martial Singher	Bidu Sayao	Lawrence Tibbett	Alexander Kipnis	Lillian Raimondi	Margaret Harshaw
Ernest Ansermet	1952	Recorded in the studio	Pierre Mollet	Suzanne Danco	Heinz Rehfuß	André Vessières	Flore Wend	Hélène Bouvier
Ernest Ansermet	1953	Recorded in the studio	Jean Fournet	Janine Micheau	Michel Roux	Xavier Depraz	Annick Simon	Rita Gorr
Herbert von Karajan	1954	Recorded live at the RAI of Rome	Ernst Haefliger	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf	Michel Roux	Mario Petri	Graziella Sciutti	Christiane Gayraud
André Cluytens	1956	Recorded in the studio	Jacques Jansen	Victoria de los Angeles	Gérard Souzay	Pierre Froumenty	Françoise Ogéas	Jeannine Collard
Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht	1962	Recorded in the studio	Jacques Jansen	Micheline Grancher	Michel Roux	André Vessières	Françoise Ogéas	Solange Michel
Jean Fournet	1962	Recorded in the studio	Pierre Mollet	Julien Haas	Julien Haas	Joseph Rouleau	Ulga Chelavine	Solange Michel
Ernest Ansermet	1964	Recorded in the studio	Camille Maurane	Erna Spoorenberg	George London	Guus Hoekman	Rosine Brédy	Josephine Veasey
Lorin Maazel	1969	Recorded live at the RAI of Rome	Henri Gui	Jeannette Pilou	Gabriel Bacquier	Nicola Zaccari	Adriana Martino	Anna Reynolds
Jean-Marie Auberson	1969	Recorded live at the Grand Théâtre de Genève	Eric Tappy	Erna Spoorenberg	Gérard Souzay	Victor de Narké	Anne-Marie Blanzat	Arlette Chédel
Rafael Kubelik	1969	Recorded live at the Bavarian Radio	Nicolai Gedda	Helen Donath	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	Peter Meven	Walter Gampert	Marga Schiml
Pierre Boulez	1970	Recorded in the studio	George Shirley	Elisabeth Söderström	Donald McIntyre	David Ward	Anthony Britten	Yvonne Minton
Herbert von Karajan	1978	Recorded in the studio	Richard Stilwell	Frederica von Stade	José van Dam	Ruggero Raimondi	Christine Barbaux	Nadine Denize
Serge Baudo	1978	Recorded in the studio	Claude Dormoy	Michèle Command	Gabriel Bacquier	Roger Soyer	Monique Pouradier-Duteil	Jocelyne Taillon
Armin Jordan	1979	Recorded in the studio	Eric Tappy	Rachel Yakar	Philippe Huttenlocher	François Loup	Colette Alliot-Lugaz	Jocelyne Taillon
Claudio Abbado	1986	Recorded live at the Teatro all Scala, Milan	Kurt Ollmann	Frederica von Stade	John Bröcheler	Nicolai Ghiaurov	Patrizia Pace	Glenys Linos
Charles Dutoit	1990	Recorded in the studio	Didier Henry	Colette Alliot-Lugat	Gilles Cachemaille	Pierre Thau	Françoise Golfier	Claudine Carlson
Claudio Abbado	1990	Recorded in the studio	François Le Roux	Maria Ewing	José van Dam	Jean-Philippe Courtis	Patricia Pace	Christa Ludwig
Jean-Claude Casadesus	1996	Recorded live	Gérard Théruel	Mireille Delunsch	Armand Arapian	Gabriel Bacquier	Françoise Golfier	Hélène Jossoud
Bernard Haitink	2000	Recorded live	Wolfgang Holzmair	Anne Sofie von Otter	Laurent Naouri	Alain Vernhes	Florence Couderc	Hanna Schaer

These DVD's of Pelléas et Mélisande are currently available:

conductor	director	year	Pelléas	Mélisande	Golaud	Arkel	Yniold	Geneviève
John Eliot Gardiner	Jean-François Jung	1987	François Le Roux	Colette Alliot-Lugaz	José van Dam	Roger Soyer	Françoise Golfier	Jocelyne Taillon
Pierre Boulez	Peter Stein	1992	Neill Archer	Alison Hagley	Donald Maxwell	Kenneth Cox	Samuel Burkey	Penelope Walker
Andrew Davis	Graham Vick	1998	Richard Croft	Christiane Oelze	John Tomlinson	Gwynne Howell	Jake Arditti	Jean Rigby
Franz Welser-Möst	Sven-Eric Bechtof	2004	Rodney Gilfry	Isabel Rey	Michael Volle	László Polgár	Eva Liebanu	Cornelia Kallisch