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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites

0.0 166 mins Music   2014
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At the end of 2013, the year that marked the 50th anniversary of Francis Poulenc’s death, his gripping and moving operatic masterpiece, Dialogues des Carmélites was staged in Paris by director Olivier Py with a cast featuring some of France’s finest female singers – Patricia Petitbon, Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau and Sophie Koch – under the baton of Jérémie Rohrer. Le Figaro described the production as “a thing of wonder,” while Le Monde called it: “A masterpiece ... the most exciting and consummately achieved show to have been seen on a Parisian stage in a long time … This was great work, magisterial and unforgettable.” “The memorable Dialogues des Carmélites at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées marked the climax of commemorative activities for the 50th anniversary of Poulenc’s death,” wrote Opera magazine of the production of Poulenc’s gripping and moving opera that was staged by the French director Olivier Py in Paris in December 2013.

Casts of Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites

Patricia Petibon

as Blanche de La Force

Sophie Koch

as Mère Marie de l’Incarnation

Véronique Gens

as Madame Lidoine

Sandrine Piau

as Soeur Constance de Saint Denis

Rosalind Plowright

as Madame de Croissy

Topi Lehtipuu

as Le Chevalier de La Force

Philippe Rouillon

as Le Marquis de La Force

Annie Vavrille

as Mère Jeanne de l’Enfant Jésus

Sophie Pondjiclis

as Soeur Mathilde

François Piolino

as Le Père confesseur du couvent

Jérémy Duffau

as Le premier commissaire

Yuri Kissin

as Le second commissaire, un officier

Matthieu Lécroart

as Le geôlier

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