Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carm¿¿lites [Video]

Overview

Freely adapted from a literary work by French belletrist Georges Bernanos (+Diary of a Country Priest), this Francis Poulenc opera was mounted at Milan's Teatro degli Arcimboldi in 2004. It co-stars Christopher Robertson as Le Marquis de la Force, Dagmar Schellenberger as Blanche, Gordon Gietz as Le Chevalier and Anja Silja as Madame de Croissy. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala lend musical accompaniment, under the baton of Riccardo Muti, with Bruno Casoni serving as chorus master. Michael Levine designed the sets, Falk Bauer created the costumes, Jean Kalman did the lighting and Robert Carsen directed for the stage.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/01/2016
UPC:	0807280920598
Original Release:	2007
Source:	Arthaus Musik
Language:	English
Time:	2:29:00
Sales rank:	30,736

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dagmar Schellenberger	Blanche,Primary Artist
Riccardo Muti	Primary Artist
Gordon Gietz	Le Chevalier
Anja Silja	Madame de Croissy,Primary Artist
Gwynne Geyer	Madame Lidoine
Barbara Dever	Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Laura Aikin	Sæur Constance de Saint-Denis
Annamaria Popescu	Mère Jeanne de l'Enfant-Jésus
Sara Allegretta	Sæur Mathilde
Mario Bolognesi	L'aumônier
Giuseppe Altomare	Officier
Gregory Bonfatti	Premier Commissaire
Ernesto Panariello	Deuxième Commissaire
Philippe Fourcade	Le Geôlier
Danilo Serraiocco	Thierry
Francesco Musinu	Monsieur Javelinot
Sae Kyung Rim	Voix de Femme
Christopher Robertson	Le Marquis de la Force

Technical Credits

Andrea Tamoni

Cover Photo