Based on a true story, the "Dialogues des Carmelites" sets the life of the Carmelites nuns at the dawn of the French Revolution. “Robert Carsen's production is effective in its simplicity, allowing the drama to speak for itself. Dagmar Schellenberger compellingly conveys Blanche's journey from distress to acceptance… Anja Silja's portrayal of the old Prioress is outstanding, with its disturbing transformation from serene wisdom to terrified, blasphemous, near-madness as death approaches. ...Riccardo Muti and the La Scala orchestra in magnificent form, captured in magnificent sound. Ultimately, it is the final scene, with its multiple executions, that makes or breaks a production of Dialogues. Carsen's allegorical solution is both elegant and deeply moving.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2007
Robert Carsen
Director
Christopher Robertson
Marquis de la Force

Dagmar Schellenberger
Blanche de la Force
Gordon Gietz
Chevalier de la Force
Anja Silja
Madame de Croissy
Gwynne Geyer
Madame Lidoine
Barbara Dever
Mere Marie de l' incarnation

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