Dialogues des Carmélites - Schedule, Program & Tickets
Dialogues des Carmélites
Opera in three acts and 12 scenes
Text based on the drama by Georges Bernanos
Adapted with the permission of Emmet Lavery
Based on a story by Gertrud von Le Fort
and a screenplay by Pastor Bruckberger and Philippe Agostini
Cast
Blanche
Olga Kulchynska
Le Chevalier
Bogdan Volkov
Madame de Croissy
Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo
Madame Lidoine
Maria Motolygina
Mère Marie
Julie Boulianne
Le Marquis de la Force
Michael Kraus
Sister Constance
Maria Nazarova
Musical Direction
Robin Ticciati
Direction
Magdalena Fuchsberger
Stage Design
Monika Biegler
Costumes
Valentin Köhler
Video
Aron Kitzig
Light Design
Rudolf Fischer
Synopsis
Compiègne near Paris, April 1789: In the Carmelite convent, the young noblewoman Blanche de la Force fights against her fear of death and for her goal of living a "heroic life."
In the midst of the Grande Terreur, the community is divided between the prioress, Madame Lidoine, who urges humility, and the novice mistress, Mère Marie, who preaches martyrdom for the faith. The latter prevails, and before the Revolutionary Guards ban the order, the sisters take the corresponding vows – except for the absent prioress and Blanche, who cannot withstand the pressure and flees. When the Carmelite nuns, sentenced to death for counter-revolutionary conspiracy, begin their journey to the scaffold, Blanche joins the condemned.
Scenes 1-6, approx. 80 min
Interval, approx. 25 min
Scenes 7-12, approx. 75 min
Subject to change.
Text based on the drama by Georges Bernanos
Adapted with the permission of Emmet Lavery
Based on a story by Gertrud von Le Fort
and a screenplay by Pastor Bruckberger and Philippe Agostini
Cast
Blanche
Olga Kulchynska
Le Chevalier
Bogdan Volkov
Madame de Croissy
Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo
Madame Lidoine
Maria Motolygina
Mère Marie
Julie Boulianne
Le Marquis de la Force
Michael Kraus
Sister Constance
Maria Nazarova
Musical Direction
Robin Ticciati
Direction
Magdalena Fuchsberger
Stage Design
Monika Biegler
Costumes
Valentin Köhler
Video
Aron Kitzig
Light Design
Rudolf Fischer
Synopsis
Compiègne near Paris, April 1789: In the Carmelite convent, the young noblewoman Blanche de la Force fights against her fear of death and for her goal of living a "heroic life."
In the midst of the Grande Terreur, the community is divided between the prioress, Madame Lidoine, who urges humility, and the novice mistress, Mère Marie, who preaches martyrdom for the faith. The latter prevails, and before the Revolutionary Guards ban the order, the sisters take the corresponding vows – except for the absent prioress and Blanche, who cannot withstand the pressure and flees. When the Carmelite nuns, sentenced to death for counter-revolutionary conspiracy, begin their journey to the scaffold, Blanche joins the condemned.
Scenes 1-6, approx. 80 min
Interval, approx. 25 min
Scenes 7-12, approx. 75 min
Subject to change.