Name: Dialogues des Carmélites
Start: 2023-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Regisseur

John Dexter

Set designer

David Reppa

Kostuum ontwerper

Jane Greenwood

Licht ontwerper

Gil Wechsler

Dirigent

Bertrand de Billy

Zanger

Bass-baritone

Laurent Naouri

Marquis de la Force

Soprano

Ailyn Pérez

Blanche de La Force

Tenor

Piotr Buszewski

Chevalier de La Force

Sabine Devieilhe

Sœur Constance de Saint-Denis

Mezzo-soprano

Jamie Barton

Mère Marie de L'incarnation

Contralto

Alice Coote

Madame de Croissy

Christine Goerke

Madame Lidoine

The Metropolitan Opera

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Metropolitan Opera Choir

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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Frans

Dialogues des Carmélites

New York

Verenigde Staten

Metropolitan Opera House

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Uitvoerend producent

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Writing and performance

Countertenor

Baritone

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Dialogues des Carmélites Poulenc

Poulenc’s devastating tragedy returns, with soprano Ailyn Pérez as the young woman at the center of the harrowing, quasi-historical tale of an order of Carmelite nuns martyred in Paris during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. The remarkable cast also features soprano Sabine Devieilhe in her Met debut as Blanche’s fellow novice Constance, soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as the unshakeable Madame Lidoine, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as Mère Marie, and mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in her role debut as Madame de Croissy. Maestro Bertrand de Billy conducts John Dexter’s striking and timeless staging.

Production a gift of Francis Goelet
 
World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1957. One of the most successful operas of the later decades of the 20th century, Dialogues des Carmélites is a rare case of a modern work that is equally esteemed by audiences and experts. The opera focuses on a young member of an order of Carmelite nuns, the aristocratic Blanche de la Force, who must overcome a pathological timidity in order to answer her life’s calling. The score reflects key aspects of its composer’s personality: Francis Poulenc was an urbane Parisian with a profound mystical dimension, and the opera addresses both the characters’ internal lives and their external realities.

Creators
A composer of compelling works in a wide variety of genres, Francis Poulenc (1899–1963), wrote the Carmélites libretto himself, based on an unproduced screenplay (that was then turned into a stage play) by Georges Bernanos (1888–1948), a French author with an interest in politics and religion. This, in turn, was based on the 1931 novella Die Letzte am Schafott (known in English as The Song at the Scaffold) by German writer Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971).
 
Setting
The opera takes place between 1789 and 1794 in Paris and in the town of Compiègne in northeastern France, the site of the Carmelite nuns’ convent. Its historical basis is the martyrdom of a group of 16 Carmelite nuns and lay sisters from Compiègne, who chose to offer themselves as victims for the restoration of peace to France during the Revolution. 
 
Music
Poulenc’s genius with the setting of text is apparent throughout the opera, much of which consists of recitative that closely follows speech patterns. Subtle yet distinct modulations in the orchestra often cue changes of mind and heart. The composer’s interest in religious music is apparent in moments that range from the austere to the dramatic, with the most arresting combination of the internal, spiritual, and dramatic musical worlds occurring in the wrenching final scene, as each of the nuns meets her fate.

English

Dialogues des Carmélites by Poulenc, Van (2023/2023), Geregisseerd door John Dexter,, Dirigent Bertrand de Billy, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Verenigde Staten

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