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Singer

Bass-baritone

Jean-François Lapointe

The Marquis de la Force

Tenor

David Portillo

The cavalier de la Force

Soprano

Isabel Leonard

Blanche de la Force

Baritone

Eduardo Valdes

Thierry

Contralto

Karita Mattila

Madame de Croissy

Erin Morley

Sister Constance of St. Denis

Mezzo-soprano

Karen Cargill

Mother Marie of the Incarnation

Paul Corona

M. Javelino

Adrianne Pieczonka

Madame Lidoine

Tichina Vaughn

Mother Jeanne of the Holy Child Jesus

Emily D'Angelo

Sister Mathilde

Tony Stevenson

Chaplain of the convent

Scott Scully

First commissioner

Richard Bernstein

Second commissioner

Patrick Carfizzi

The jailer

Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Stage director

John Dexter

David Kneuss

Set designer

David Reppa

Costume designer

Jane Greenwood

Lighting designer

Gil Wechsler

The Metropolitan Opera

Dialogues des Carmélites -  (Dialogues of the Carmelites)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Ever since John Dexter’s striking production marked the company premiere of Dialogues des Carmélites in 1977, Poulenc’s devastating masterpiece has been a favorite of Met audiences. To close out the 2018–19 season, Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin led a starry revival of the opera, which was also included as part of the Live in HD series of cinema transmissions. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard is the fearful Blanche de la Force, who joins a convent of Carmelite nuns in order to escape the terrors of the French Revolution. The exceptional cast also features sopranos Erin Morley and Adrianne Pieczonka and mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill as some of Blanche’s fellow sisters, with tenor David Portillo as the protective Chevalier de la Force. Maestro Nézet-Séguin leads a gripping performance throughout—from the opera’s chaotic first bars to the chilling death scene of Madame de Croissy (sung by the incomparable Karita Mattila) to the work’s harrowing final moments.

Dialogues des Carmélites Poulenc

Dialogues of the Carmelites

Approved

Dialogues of the Carmelites by Poulenc, From (2019/2019), Directed by John Dexter, David Kneuss,, Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, United States

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