The second title character dies in childbirth at the end of this opera and appears at the beginning as a weeping girl discovered by the son of King Arkel during a hunt.
The composer of this opera was so fond of it that he traveled with a toad named for its lead bass role. One scene of this opera considered scandalous at the time of its premiere involved the two main characters being asked if they were near the bed. A fateful trip to a cave in Act 2 of this work ensues due to a shell collecting expedition by the child Yniold, who is sometimes eliminated from this opera. The lead tenor sings "All is lost. All is saved" before being struck down by a (*) sword in this work. Mary Garden's casting as the female protagonist at the premier rebuffed the Georgette Leblanc, whose paramour had written the source material. The second title character dies in childbirth at the end of this opera and appears at the beginning as a weeping girl discovered by the son of King Arkel during a hunt. Golaud is the antagonist of, for 10 points, what only opera by Claude Debussy, adapted from a Maeterlinck play about a pair of lovers?
The composer of this opera was so fond of it that he traveled with a toad named for its lead bass role.
Pelleas et Melisande [or Pelleas and Melisande]