Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	29th May 2014
To	11th June 2014
When	May 29, Jun14 2, 4, 7, 9, 11 at 19:30
Royal Opera House (V377)
Current/Future Listings
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Date of change: 31 Jan 14 - T362507768
Date of change: 13 Jun 13 - T362507768

Dialogues Des Carmelites

Work:: Dialogues Des Carmelites (S2076217240)

Blanche, the timid daughter of an aristocrat, joins the Carmelite order of nuns, against the wishes of her family. In the monastery she meets Constance, a lively peasant girl, who makes a shocking prophecy.

Music

Francis Poulenc

Production:: (T362507768)

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 Carm?lites 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. Running time: 3hrs (inclu one interval), Sung in French with English surtitles

Producer	Royal Opera
Conductor	Simon Rattle
Director	Robert Carsen
Design	Michael Levine
Costume	Falk Bauer
Lighting	Jean Kalman
Director	Philippe Giraudeau (movement)
Performer	Sally Matthews (Blanche)
Company	Royal Opera Chorus
Company	Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Performer	Sally Matthews (Blanche de la Force)
Performer	Anna Prohaska (Sister Constance)
Performer	Emma Bell (Madame Lidone)
Performer	Sophie Koch (Mother Marie)
Performer	Deborah Polaski (Madame de Croissy)
Performer	Thomas Allen (Marquis de la Force)
Performer	Yann Beuron (Chevalier de la Force)
Performer	Elizabeth Sikora (Mother Jeanne)
Performer	Catherine Carby (Sister Mathilde)
Performer	Alan Oke (Father Confessor)
Performer	David Butt Philip (First Commissary)
Performer	Michel de Souza (Second Commissary)
Performer	Ashley Riches (First Officer)
Performer	Craig Smith (Gaoler)

Listing:: L1694154547

Production details

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 Carm?lites 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. Running time: 3hrs (inclu one interval), Sung in French with English surtitles

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