Francis Poulenc Dialogues of the Carmelites - Opera

From the venue: Shattering … “austerely beautiful … and utterly wrenching.”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES
Time travel to 1794 Paris, where France’s Reign of Terror is raging. A frightened young aristocrat enters a convent, desperate to find peace from religious persecution. But as the Mother Superior warns, she has entered a house of prayer, not an escape from reality. Based on a real-life incident, 16 Carmelite nuns—each with her own private demons—must decide if they will live in fear or die together in faith as martyrs on the guillotine.

> #### Joyce El-Khoury captures all hearts with “radiant authority” (THE INDEPENDENT) as Sister Blanche; “Uncommonly enchanting” mezzo Stéphanie D’Oustrac (JERUSALEM POST) is Mother Marie; Leah Hawkins, the Metropolitan Opera’s 2024 Beverly Sills Artist, is the new Prioress; and the remarkable Patricia Racette gives “a masterclass in characterization” (HOUSTON PRESS) as the old Prioress.

Sung in French with projected English titles
Approximately 3 hours, including one intermission.
Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites • The Dallas Opera

My seat is B30 Mezzanine Center
I plan to attend the Pre-Opera talk one hour prior to the performance held at Orchestra level of the Margaret McDermott Performance Hall.