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Poulenc's Dialogues des CarmΓ©lites

From the New York Met: a devastating tragedy set in a French convent during the Revolution, starring Ailyn Pérez, Sabine Devieilhe, Jamie Barton, Christine Goerke and Alice Coote

From the New York Met: a devastating tragedy set in a French convent during the Revolution, starring Ailyn Pérez, Sabine Devieilhe, Alice Coote, Christine Goerke and Jamie Barton. Poulenc's masterpiece is inspired by the true story of the Carmelite sisters of Compiègne in northern France, who were guillotined in Paris during the Reign of Terror in 1794 for refusing to renounce their faith. But the emotional heart of the opera is the fictional character of Blanche de la Force, the timid young aristocratic nun whose faith wavers but who finally finds the courage to die with her sisters.

Sister Blanche .... Ailyn PΓ©rez (soprano)
Sister Constance ..... Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Madame de Croissy, Prioress ..... Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Madame Lidoine, the new Prioress ..... Christine Goerke (soprano)
Mother Marie, assistant Prioress ..... Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano)
Chevalier de la Force, Blanche's brother ..... Piotr Buszewski (tenor)
Marquis de la Force, their father ..... Laurent Naouri (bass-baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Bertrand de Billy

Read the full synopsis on the MET opera website: https://bit.ly/3XIyitk

3 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Jan 2023 18:30

Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria

    Singer: Susan Gritton. Choir: Polyphony. Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Jan 2023 18:30