Dialogues of the Carmelites Poulenc
BBC Proms

Canadian(s): Florie Valiquette

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19:00 Mon 7 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall
Tickets for this Event
Seats from £14 to £62 (plus booking fee)

About This Event
At the murderous height of the French Revolution, Blanche de la Force flees the violence on Paris’s streets and enters the convent. But horror pursues her, and she is forced to confront her fears. Can she find the courage to live – or die? A 20th-century masterpiece, Francis Poulenc’s opera Dialogues of the Carmelites is a devastatingly powerful portrait of human courage, faith and community. Robin Ticciati conducts an all-star cast including Sally Matthews and Golda Schultz in this concert-staging fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival.

Semi-staged; sung in French, with English surtitles
There will be one interval

Programme

Francis Poulenc
Dialogues of the Carmelites(151 mins)

Performers
Sally Matthews – Blanche de la Force
Katarina Dalayman – Madame de Croissy (Old Prioress)
Golda Schultz – Madame Lidoine (New Prioress)
Karen Cargill – Mother Marie of the Incarnation
Florie Valiquette – Sister Constance of St Denis
Fiona Kimm – Mother Jeanne of the Child Jesus
Paul Gay – Marquis de la Force
Valentin Thill – Chevalier de la Force
Vincent Ordonneau – Father Confessor
Theodore Platt – Jailer
Jamie Woollard – Thierry, a footman
Matthew Nuttall – M. Javelinot, a physician
Jade Moffat – Sister Mathilde
Gavan Ring – First Commissary
Michael Ronan – Second Commissary
Michael Lafferty – Officer

Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Robin Ticciati – Conductor
Francis Poulenc – Composer