Organization

Singer

Bass-baritone

Kristian Paul

The Marquis de la Force

Tenor

Ilker Arcayürek

The cavalier de la Force

Soprano

Laura Tatulescu

Blanche de la Force

Contralto

Marianne Eklöf

Madame de Croissy

Mezzo-soprano

Heidi Brunner

Mother Marie of the Incarnation

Betsy Horne

Madame Lidoine

Eibe Möhlmann

Mother Jeanne of the Holy Child Jesus

Markus Francke

Chaplain of the convent

Thomas Tischler

First commissioner

Conductor

Alexander Soddy

Stage director

Richard Brunel

Costume designer

Axel Aust

Set designer

Anouk Dell'Aiera

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Orchestra

Kärntner Sinfonieorchester

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French

Dialogues des Carmélites -  (Dialogues of the Carmelites)

Klagenfurt

Austria

Dialogues des Carmélites Poulenc

Public

Dialogues of the Carmelites

German

Approved

DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES - Stadttheater Klagenfurt - Bericht KT 1 Musikalische Leitung: Alexander Soddy Regie: Richard Brunel Künstlerische Mitarbeit: Catherine Ailloud-Nicolas Bühne: Anouk dell´Aiera Kostüme: Axel Aust Choreinstudierung: Günter Wallner Lichtdesign: Laurent Castaingt Le Marquis de la Force: Kristian Paul The Knight of the Force: Ilker Arcayürek Blanche of the Force: Laura Tatulescu Madame de Croissy: Marianne Eklöf Sister Constance: Evgeniya Sotnikova Mother Marie: Heidi Brunner Madame Lidoine: Betsy Horne Mother Jeanne: Eibe Möhlmann Sister Mathilde: Larissa Gabshiy L´ Chaplain: Markus Francke 1st commissioner: Thomas Tischler 2nd commissioner: Michael Schober Officer: Jihoon Kwon Jailer / Thierry: Sandro Ostrovsky Monsieur Javelinot: Krassimir Tassev Sister Anne de la Croix:Theresa Dittmar Choir and Extra Choir of the Klagenfurt City Theater Carinthian Symphony Orchestra Children's Extras and Extras of the Klagenfurt City Theater

France at the time of the French Revolution: A time of massive social change, in which the struggle for freedom, equality and fraternity as well as secularization did not remain without victims. Even the Compiègne monastery near Paris, a retreat for young nobles, no longer offers protection. Blanche de la Force, who suffers from anxiety, had hoped to find peace here, but overcomes her fears only when faced with real need.
The premiere in 1957 at La Scala in Milan was a resounding success. The devout Catholic Francis Poulenc processed an event in his work that actually happened in July 1794. At that time a group of Carmelite nuns were guillotined to death while singing. In 1906 they were beatified as martyrs. From this, Poulenc created an opera that resisted the premises of the musical avant-garde of his time and was more oriented towards the great romantic compositions of the 19th century. Human emotions such as fears, mental oppression and the longing for salvation are described in intimate, dazzling colors and, last but not least, the horrors of a revolution are reflected.

The opera is being staged by the French director Richard Brunel, and opera stars such as Laura Tatulescu, Heidi Brunner, Marianne Eklöf and Betsy Horne, who most recently inspired audiences in Klagenfurt in Der Rosenkavalier and Die Csárdásfürstin , are on the stage .

We would like to point out that Cheryl Studer is ill and therefore unfortunately cannot take on the role of Madame de Croissy. The role will be sung by the Swedish soprano Marianne Eklöf.

English

Dialogues of the Carmelites by Poulenc, From (2015/2015), Directed by Richard Brunel,, Conductor Alexander Soddy, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

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