As one character claims he is "made of iron and blood", the oboe recalls a theme earlier played en animant by the clarinet when a wedding ring was tossed into the air and fell into a fountain.
One act in this work ends with four horns and a flute sustaining the note C sharp-F sharp-A sharp-D sharp-G sharp. This work sees four cellos play pianissimo ninth chords to the words "The ice is melted with glowing fire!" As one character claims he is "made of iron and blood", the oboe recalls a theme earlier played en animant by the clarinet when a wedding ring was tossed into the air and fell into a fountain. The title characters are said to "weep always in the dark" by a character who tries to move a boulder to find his golden ball, (*) Yniold. It ends with the statement "It's the poor little thing's turn now" by Arkel, who is trying to comfort his son Golaud, who killed one of the title characters. For 10 points, name this opera based on a Maeterlinck play, a work of Claude Debussy.
One act in this work ends with four horns and a flute sustaining the note C sharp-F sharp-A sharp-D sharp-G sharp.
{Pelleas} et {Melisande}