Organization

Chanteur

Soprano

Sally Matthews

Blanche

Anna Prohaska

Sœur Constance

Emma Bell

Madame Lidione

Mezzo-soprano

Sophie Koch

Mere Marie

Contralto

Deborah Polaski

Mme de Croissy

Baryton-basse

Thomas Allen

La marquis de La Force

Ténor

Yann Beuron

Chevalier de la Force

Elizabeth Sikora

Mére Jeanne

Catherine Carby

Soeur Mathilde

Alan Oke

L ánmonier

David Butt Philip

Premiere Commissaire

Baryton

Michel de Souza

2. Comissaire

Ashley Riches

Craig Smith

Geôlier

Direction d'orchestre

Simon Rattle

Mise en scène

Robert Carsen

Décors

Michael Levine

Costumes

Falk Bauer

Lumières

Jean Kalman

Chorégraphie

Philippe Giraudeau

Royal Opera House

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Dialogues des Carmélites

Londres

Royaume-Uni

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Valide

Robert Carsen's award-winning production of Poulenc's sublime opera is set during the violent upheaval of the French Revolution.http://www.roh.org.uk/product...

Dialogues des Carmélites trailer (The Royal Opera)

A unique glimpse of Robert Carsen's award-winning production of Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites, shot and directed by film-maker Felipe Sanguinetti.

http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/dia...


The production assembled the largest cast ever seen on the Covent Garden stage: 14 principals, 60 Royal Opera Chorus, 26 actors and 67 volunteers from the community ensemble. 

Felipe shot the film over several days, filming backstage from the wings of the theatre, the flys, the orchestra pit and the auditorium.

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The terror and turbulence of the French Revolution provides the backdrop for Francis Poulenc’s powerful opera of faith, bravery and redemption. Poulenc created the libretto for Dialogues des Carmélites after a play of the same name by writer Georges Bernanos and the opera was given its premiere at La Scala, Milan, in 1957. It arrived at Covent Garden the following year, with a cast that featured Dame Joan Sutherland in the role of the courageous Mother Marie of the Incarnation.

Director Robert Carsen – who staged Falstaff at the Royal Opera House in 2012 – brings his intense and daring production of Dialogues des Carmélites to The Royal Opera for the first time. The starkly beautiful staging combines modern designs and period costumes with stunning lighting effects. It throws into relief Poulenc’s radiant and exhilarating score, which draws on the resources of a large orchestra (including two harps, a piano and even a guillotine). Dialogues des Carmélites culminates in one of opera’s most devastating final scenes, as Blanche embraces death with her fellow nuns to a transcendent setting of the hymn Salve Regina hymn.

Short film: Impressions of Dialogues des Carmélites (The Royal Opera)

Dialogues des Carmélites by Poulenc, Du (2014/2014), Dirigé par Robert Carsen,, Chef d'orchestre Simon Rattle, Royal Opera House, Londres, Royaume-Uni

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