SACD hybrid; compatible with all CD players. Includes: standard CD audio for CD players; high density stereo & 5.1 surround that can be read by SACD players; Pure audio Blu-ray; compatible with all Blu-ray players. Playable in all regions. Contains: complete opera on one Blu-ray audio disc, in high-definition audio; downloadable audio files (for transfer to computer / portable device); Libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck; Magdalena Kozena (Mélisande) ; Christian Gerhaher (Pelléas) ; Gerald Finley (Golaud) ; Franz-Josef Selig (Arkel) ; Bernarda Fink (Geneviève) ; Joshua Bloom (The Doctor, The Shepherd) ; Elias Madler (Yniold) ; London Symphony Orchestra ; London Symphony Chorus ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Booklet with progam notes by George Hall, biographical notes on the performers all in English, French and German, and libretto with English translation (118 pages : portraits) in container