Name: Dialogues des Carmélites
Start: 2024-01-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Finnish National Opera

Organization

Dirigent

Hannu Lintu

James Sherlock

Regisseur

Olivier Py

Assistant Director

Daniel Izzo

Set designer

Pierre-André Weitz

Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

Bertrand Killy

Zanger

Soprano

Marjukka Tepponen

Blanche de La Force

Tuuli Takala

Sanna Iljin

Sœur Constance de Saint-Denis

Iris Candelaria

Pauliina Linnosaari

Uusi Prioritar

Kirsi Tiihonen

Mezzo-soprano

Tuija Knihtilä

Mère Marie de L'incarnation

Bass-baritone

Markus Nieminen

Marquis de la Force

Heikki Kilpeläinen

Tenor

Tuomas Katajala

Chevalier de La Force

Markus Nykänen

Contralto

Anna Danik

Madame de Croissy

Johanna Rusanen

Mika Pohjonen

A priest

Petri Vesa

Ida Wallén

Mère Jeanne de l'Enfant-Jésus

Getter Unt

Baritone

Samuli Takkula

M. Javelinot

Tuomas Lehtinen

Thierry

Juha-Pekka Mitjonen

Jeni Packalen

Sœur Mathilde

Minna Grönthal

Jasper Leppänen

Premier Commissaire

Arto Hosio

Deuxième Commissaire

Joonas Orrain

Bass

Un officier

Le geôlier

Niina Keitel

Finnish National Opera

Madame Lidoine

Aarne Pelkonen

Joel Forsström

Frans

Dialogues des Carmélites

Helsinki

Finland

Dialogues des Carmélites Poulenc

Public

Fins

Zweeds

Engels

Approved

Extrait de Dialogues des Carmélites de Poulenc dirigé par Jérémie Rhorer et mis en scène par Olivier Py.Au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées du 7 au 16 février 2018

Now seen for the first time at the Finnish National Opera, Dialogues des Carmélites is a masterpiece based on a true story. The opera tells the tale of a young woman from an aristocratic family who seeks refuge in a convent to escape the terror of the revolutionaries. Composer Francis Poulenc’s combination of haunting melodies and religious hymns lingers in your memory long after the guillotine’s fateful blade has fallen. This philosophical opera delves into deep existential questions such as fear and death.

Compared to other operatic works, Dialogues des Carmélites features an exceptionally large variety of soprano, mezzo-soprano, and alto roles, all performed by renowned Finnish singers. This award-winning and visually striking production by the French director Olivier Py had its acclaimed world premiere at the Theatre de Champs-Elysées in Paris in 2013.

Unique and unprecedented
Light-hearted and philosophical melogies, wistful frolicking, religious cabaret – few composers have combined contradicting elements as convincingly as the French maestro Francis Poulenc (1899–1963). His distinctive style brings to mind both Parisian bistros of the 1920s and medieval cathedrals. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Poulenc remained committed to tonal music and even dedicated his opera Dialogues of the Carmelites (1956) to the great composers of centuries past: Mussorgsky, Monteverdi, Debussy, and Verdi. As a result, it’s difficult to compare Dialogues of the Carmelites to any other musical work: it completely unique and unprecedented.

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