Crowds have been flocking to the Metropolitan Opera to take in a heart-wrenching tale of religious persecution that continues into the next two weekends. Dialogues des Carmélites is one of the most ...

San Francisco Opera has released production photos of Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelties (Dialogues des Carmélites) at the War Memorial Opera House, running October 15-30. Caroline H. Hume ...

In one of opera’s most powerful and haunted finales, 16 nuns are guillotined in Francis Poulenc’s remarkable Dialogues of the Carmelites. This is no spoiler since after the stunning La Scala world ...

Christine Goerke has been to the graves in Paris — the last resting place for the nuns who were beheaded during the French Revolution because, as it turns out, it wasn’t only the rich who had much to ...

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Dialogues of the Carmelites, Poulenc’s tragedy in two parts, takes place during the French Revolution and asks the question: who gets to be a martyr? Seeking to protect herself from the guillotine, ...

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an early rehearsal for the Met Opera’s production “Dialogues des Carmélites.” Working with the cast, Yannick explores the meaning of the song “Ave Maria” and what the ...

Every year Guildhall singers dedicate twice-weekly sessions to the preparation of an opera, a tradition now in its sixteenth year, ...

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Poulenc’s opera Dialogues des Carmélitesis rarely performed in this country so any chance to see it is worth grabbing, especially when it’s performed as well as it here is by the students from the ...

Yannick conducts an early rehearsal for the Met's production of "Dialogues des Carmélites" Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an early rehearsal for the Met Opera's production "Dialogues des Carmélites." ...