91Èȱ¬

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Robin Ticciati conducts Francis Poulenc’s devastatingly powerful opera Dialogues of the Carmelites in a concert staging fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival.

Presented by Andrew McGregor, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites

Blanche de la Force.... Sally Matthews (soprano)
Madame de Croissy (Old Prioress).... Katarina Dalayman (soprnao)
Madame Lidoine New Prioress.... Golda Schultz (soprano)
Mother Marie of the Incarnation.... Karen Cargill (soprano)
Sister Constance of Saint-Denis.... Florie Valiquette (soprano)
Mother Jeanne of the Holy Child Jesus.... Fiona Kimm (mezzo-soprano)
Marquis de la Force.... Paul Gay (bass-baritone)
Chevalier de la Force.... Valentin Thill (tenor)
Father Confessor.... Vincent Ordonneau (tenor)
Jailer.... Theodore Platt (baritone)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Robin Ticciati (conductor)

Act I - Act II (Sc.III)

c. 8.40pm
Interval: Andrew McGregor discusses Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites with opera expert Sarah Lenton.

c. 9.05pm
Act II (Sc.IV) - Act III

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.