Dialogues of the Carmelites: Canadian Opera Company

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Masterful director Robert Carsen returns to Toronto to deliver a deeply moving production of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. Poulenc's lush harmonies are empowered by beloved Canadian singers Isabel Bayrakdarian, Judith Forst and Adrianne Pieczonka in this psychological drama.

 

Francis Poulenc composed some of his most chilling music for this story of an order of Carmelite nuns entangled in the turmoil and terrors of war and revolution.

Robert Carsen’s triumphant COC productions of Orfeo ed Euridice and Iphigenia in Tauris enthralled audiences and critics alike. The Toronto Sun proclaimed that “Robert Carsen’s genius knows no bounds.” Here he returns to the Canadian Opera Company to direct a stellar cast of 150 singers and musicians, ably led by renowned Canadian stars Isabel Bayrakdarian, Judith Forst and Adrianne Pieczonka. This production is described by Variety as “subtle, yet gut‐wrenching.”

Performed in French with English surtitles.

Conductor: Johannes Debus
Director: Robert Carsen
Set Designer: Michael Levine
Costume Designer: Falk Bauer
Lighting Designer: Jean Kalman
Choreographer: Philippe Giraudeau
Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

Blanche de la Force: Isabel Bayrakdarian
Madame de Croissy: Judith Forst
Madame Lidoine: Adrianne Pieczonka
Soeur Constance: Hélène Guilmette
Mère Marie: Irina Mishura
Chevalier de la Force: Frédéric Antoun
Marquis de la Force: Jean‐François Lapointe

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus