Organization

Singer

Tenor

Stanislas de Barbeyrac

The cavalier de la Force

Soprano

Sandrine Piau

Sister Constance of St. Denis

Hélène Guilmette

Blanche de la Force

Bass-baritone

Nicolas Cavallier

The Marquis de la Force

Contralto

Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo

Madame de Croissy

Marie-Adeline Henry

Madame Lidoine

Mezzo-soprano

Sophie Koch

Mother Marie of the Incarnation

Lucie Roche

Sister Mathilde

Sarah Jouffroy

Mother Jeanne of the Holy Child Jesus

Loïc Félix

Chaplain of the convent

Baritone

Matthieu Lécroart

The jailer

Jeremy Duffaut

First commissioner

Arnaud Richard

Second commissioner

Conductor

Jérémie Rhorer

Stage director

Olivier Py

Set designer

Pierre-André Weitz

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Bertrand Killy

Chorus master

Andrea Faidutti

La Monnaie/De Munt

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Dialogues des Carmélites -  (Dialogues of the Carmelites)

Bologna

Italy

Sala Bibiena

DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES by Francis Poulenc DIRECTOR Jérémie Rhorer DIRECTED BY Olivier Py Faith, courage and redemption are the main themes of the Dialogues des Carmélites, which are set against the terror and turmoil of revolutionary France. The libretto, inspired by the homonymous theatrical play by Georges Bernanos, premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in 1957. Musical references for Poulenc are on this occasion Monteverdi, Musorgskij and above all Debussy: the rejection of the effect that arises from dramatic contrasts, the obsessive attention to the "verbal rhythm" of the text, the theming of silence and the use of symbolic-allusive Leitmotifs are the distinctive features of the score. Coproduction of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris with Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie,

Dialogues des Carmélites Poulenc

Public

Dialogues of the Carmelites

Approved

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