question: Did Die Soldaten or Pelléas et Mélisande premiere in Paris?
answer: Pelléas et Mélisande
context: Title: The Soldiers (play)
  Passage: The Soldiers (German: Die Soldaten) is a 1776 comedy by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz written from his own experiences during his service under Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf.  It was influential on Georg Büchner in his attempt to write the drama "Woyzeck" (left incomplete 1837), although that is set at a lower social strata.  The play is the source of two operas "Soldaten" by Manfred Gurlitt (1930) and "Die Soldaten" by Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1965).
  Title: Brett Polegato
  Passage: Brett Polegato (born 1968 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada) is an operatic baritone.  In 1999 he made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Peter Niles in Levy's "Mourning Becomes Electra" followed by his La Scala debut in 2000 as Ned Keene in Britten's "Peter Grimes".  He is particularly known for his interpretation of the title role in Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" which he has performed with many companies including the Bavarian State Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Oper Leipzig, and Opéra National du Rhin among others.  Other European appearances include Ubalde in Gluck's "Armide" at Opéra de Nice, the title role in Monteverdi's "Orfeo" at Opéra d'Avignon, and Frère Lèon in Messaien's "Saint François d'Assise" at Opéra National de Paris.  He has sung numerous roles with Flanders Opera, including Guglielmo in Mozart's "Così fan tutte", Albert in Massenet's "Werther", and the Steward in Jonathan Dove's "Flight".  In his native Canada, Polegato has sung Papageno in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", Figaro in Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia", and Zurga in Bizet's "Les pêcheurs de perles" with Vancouver Opera.  In the United States, he has sung with New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Michigan Opera Theatre as well as making many concert appearances and recordings with American orchestras.  He made his Seattle Opera debut in 2005 as Henry Miles in Jake Heggie's "The End of the Affair" and returned to the company in 2007 as Orestes in Gluck's "Iphigenia in Tauris".
  Title: Jean Périer
  Passage: Jean (Alexis) Périer (2 February 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French operatic baryton-martin and actor.  Although he sang principally within the operetta repertoire, Périer did portray a number of opera roles; mostly within operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Giacomo Puccini.  His career was almost entirely centered in Paris and he had a long association with the Opéra-Comique.  He sang in a large number of world premieres, most notably originating the role of Pelléas in Claude Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" in 1902.  In addition to his opera career, Périer appeared in several films between 1900 and 1938.
  Title: Pelléas et Mélisande discography
  Passage: This is a discography of "Pelléas et Mélisande", an opera by Claude Debussy.  The premiere performance was at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 30 April 1902.  The list includes all of the studio recordings and also some live performances available on audio CD and DVD.
  Title: Jeanne Gerville-Réache
  Passage: Jeanne Gerville-Réache (26 March 1882 – 5 January 1915) was a French operatic contralto from the Belle Époque.  She possessed a remarkably beautiful voice, an excellent singing technique, and wide vocal range which enabled her to perform several roles traditionally associated with mezzo-sopranos in addition to contralto parts.  Her career began successfully in Europe just before the turn of the twentieth century.  She later came to the North America in 1907 where she worked as an immensely popular singer until her sudden death in 1915.  She is particularly remembered for her portrayal of Dalila in Camille Saint-Saëns' "Samson et Dalila", which she helped establish as an important part of the repertory within the United States.  She also notably portrayed the role of Geneviève in the world premiere of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" in 1902.
  Title: Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)
  Passage: Pelléas et Mélisande ("Pelléas and Mélisande") is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy.  The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's Symbolist play "Pelléas et Mélisande".  It premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 30 April 1902 with Jean Périer as Pelléas and Mary Garden as Mélisande in a performance conducted by André Messager, who was instrumental in getting the Opéra-Comique to stage the work.  The only opera Debussy ever completed, it is considered a landmark in 20th-century music.
  Title: Die Soldaten
  Passage: Die Soldaten ("The Soldiers") is a four-act opera in German by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, based on the 1776 play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz.  Written and revised in phases between 1957 and 1964, it was premiered in 1965 and dedicated to Hans Rosbaud.  Zimmermann himself faithfully adapted the play into the libretto, the only changes to the text being repeats and small cuts.  It is the composer's only completed opera and is considered an important work of the second half of the 20th century.
  Title: Pelléas et Mélisande (Sibelius)
  Passage: Pelléas et Mélisande ("Pelléas och Mélisande"), Op.  46, is incidental music by Jean Sibelius for Maurice Maeterlinck's 1892 play "Pelléas and Mélisande".  Sibelius composed in 1905 ten parts, overtures to the five acts and five other movements.  It was first performed at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki on 17 March 1905 to a translation by Bertel Gripenberg, conducted by the composer).
  Title: Félix Vieuille
  Passage: Félix Vieuille (15 October 1872, Saujon – 28 February 1953, Saujon) was a French operatic bass who sang for more than four decades with the Opéra-Comique in Paris during the first half of the twentieth century.  He created roles in numerous world premieres, most notably portraying Arkel in the original production of Claude Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" in 1902 which he went on to sing 208 times at that house.  He possessed a rich voice and a solid technique which helped sustain his career for a long time.  His voice is preserved on a number of recordings made on the Odeon, Lyrophon, and Beka labels.
  Title: Eilene Hannan
  Passage: Eilene Hannan AM (24 July 194611 July 2014) was an Australian operatic soprano with an international reputation.  She was particularly associated with opera sung in English, although she also sang in other languages.  She was as well known as an actress as she was a singer.  Her repertoire included Mozart's Pamina, Susanna, Cherubino, Dorabella and Zerlina; Mimì in Puccini's "La bohème"; Natasha Rostova in Prokofiev's "War and Peace"; Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin"; Marzelline in Beethoven's "Fidelio"; Mélisande in Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande"; Blanche in Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites"; the title roles in Janáček's "Káťa Kabanová", "Jenůfa" and "The Cunning Little Vixen"; the Marschallin in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier"; Princess Eboli in Verdi's "Don Carlos"; Pat Nixon in Adams' "Nixon in China"; Wagner's Sieglinde and Venus; Salome in Massenet's "Hérodiade"; and Monteverdi's Poppea.
citations: Die Soldaten Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)