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Opera Essentials: Dialogues des Carmélites
Dialogues des Carmélites, the Canadian Opera Company (2013) © Gary Beechey The Story Begins… Frightened by life and by growing rumours of revolution, the aristocratic Blanche de la Force takes refuge...
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‘I remember the very first time I saw it, I was crying so much I could hardly see the stage,’ reveals Simon Rattle. ‘I’ve always loved the Carmelites, It was always a favourite piece of mine. I’ve...
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Your reaction: Dialogues des Carmélites
The cast of Dialogues des Carmélites © ROH/Stephen Cummiskey, 2014 Excellent cast and orchestra, superb lighting and simple but effective staging. That last scene with the nuns beheading…...
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Dialogues des Carmélites broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 on Saturday 7 June 2014
Sally Matthews as Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites © ROH/Stephen Cummiskey, 2014 Robert Carsen’s Royal Opera production of Dialogues des Carmélites, Poulenc’s only full-length opera, will be...
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How to Stage an Opera: community in Dialogues des Carmélites
The cast of Dialogues des Carmélites © ROH/Stephen Cummiskey, 2014 Our 'How to Stage an Opera' series offers different perspectives on the practicalities of staging an opera, from the initial research...
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Roundup: Inside Dialogues des Carmélites’s community ensemble
The community chorus taking their curtain call for Dialogues des Carmélites © ROH/Stephen Cummiskey, 2014 Last night saw the final performance of Robert Carsen’s production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des...
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Operageddon: Musings on the end of the world
Susan Bullock as Brunnhilde in Götterdämmerung © Clive Barda/ROH 2012 In one of the most famous scenes in opera, Brünnhilde rides into a funeral pyre and ends the world as she knows it, bringing the...
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Participating in cultural projects can rebuild homeless people's pride and...
The community chorus taking their curtain call for Dialogues des Carmélites © ROH/Stephen Cummiskey, 2014 How can we think about the arts in the same sentence as homelessness? When we’re in need of...
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On the first day of Christmas, the Royal Opera House gave to me....
Throughout the 12 days of Christmas we’ll be looking back at some of the highlights from the Royal Opera House’s outreach work over the past twelve months. 12. 12 Insights filmed since September...
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Dialogues des Carmélites: Poulenc's homage to some of opera's most famous...
Sally Matthews in Dialogues des Carmélites, Theater an der Wien (2008) © Armin Bardel Francis Poulenc took the opportunity with the nearly all-female cast for his opera Dialogues des Carmélites to pay...
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