Melisande
[mæˈlɪsænd]Background Story
The sources checked record Melisande only as the name of works and characters, including the main character of the 1893 play Pelléas and Mélisande and the 1902 opera based on it, a painting by Marianne Stokes, a Canadian folk music group, and characters in later films and novels.
Variations
melisandra, melisan
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