"It’s hard to think of any single play that has had a more profound impact on musicians than Pelléas et Mélisande."
While I don't necessarily disagree with him, I wonder whether Romeo and Juliet might be another candidate, given that Berlioz, Bellini, Tchaikovsky, Gounod, Prokofiev, Bernstein and Nino Rota all found inspiration in it. Shakespeare in general has of course been set to music by so many composers in so many genres.
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