Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the final Met Opera broadcast of the season, Francis Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom, Dialogues des Carmélites. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the ...

Glimmerglass and the New York City Opera have a hit on their hands with this radiant production of Poulenc's 1957 "Dialogues of the Carmelites." It more than atones for the NYCO's unfortunate 1966 ...

Poulenc's music is almost hard to believe; romantic without sweetness, contemporary without alienating, and among the extraordinary composers repertoire this epic opera stands out as a remarkable ...

The first New Orleans Opera Festial will present “Dialogues des Carmelites,” "Pilgrimage," "Show Boat" and Golda Schultz in ...

Wolf Trap Opera continues to breathe new life into the art form, and this weekend’s performance of Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites was a special treat. The Barns was a perfect setting ...

In a taut, new production of Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites" — an opera last performed by Eastman Opera Theatre in 2004 — the cast and orchestra alike shone Friday night in a ...

Paul Corona performs as Javelinot, Karita Mattila as Mme. de Croissy and Karin Cargill as Mere Marie in Dialogues des Carmelites. Some operas inspire reverence beyond who gets kissed and who gets ...

Long after they ceased being of interest to anyone else, French musical artists of the mid-20th century were obsessed with issues of Catholic faith. The nature of martyrdom; the relationship of grace ...

When Bastille Day comes around each summer on July 14, I just can’t bring myself to pop the cork on a bottle of Champagne-style California sparkling wine (the kind I can afford). The Fête Nationale ...

When Dialogues of the Carmelites opens at the Long Center Saturday night, the Austin Lyric Opera production will have just one degree of separation from the very first staging at La Scala in 1957.