Met Opera – DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES
Rating: EX15+
Duration: 192 mins
Genre: Opera
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Conducter: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Performers: Isabel Leonar, Adrianne Pieczonka, Erin Morley, Karen Cargill, Karita Mattila, David Portillo, Dwayne Croft
Language: French
Against the backdrop of the French Revolution, shy and insecure Blanche remains as a novice nun even as her family flees the Reign of Terror, torn between her duty to her convent and fear of the guillotine.
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads an accomplished ensemble in Poulenc’s devastating modern masterpiece of faith and martyrdom. Isabel Leonard is the young Blanche de La Force, opposite Met legend Karita Mattila as the First Prioress.