Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, © Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Dialogues des Carmélites
Valencia, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia — Sala Principal
About the Event
There are productions that do not show the passage of time. The special touch of genius with which they were given life by their creator has made them imperishable. This is the case of stage director Robert Carsen's Dialogues des Carmélites. Premiered in 1997 in Amsterdam, it is now considered a reference version of Poulenc's masterpiece. The masterful design of the lighting and Carsen’s gift for expressing everything through the acting of singers and the movement of the extras, without the need for scenery, are key to how he gets the audience involved in this moving story. Riccardo Minasi conducts the score for the first time, with a large cast that includes the veteran Doris Soffel in the outstanding role of Madame de Croissy and the promising voices of the Bolivian‐Albanian soprano Carolina López Moreno and the French tenor Valentin Thill.
Program
- Francis Poulenc – Dialogues des Carmelites, opera in three acts (1957)
Cast / Production
Creative Team
Conductor Riccardo Minasi
Stage director Robert Carsen
Set designer Michael Levine
Costume designer Falk Bauer
Set desginer Robert Carsen, Cor van den Brink
Choreography Philippe Giraudeau
Dramaturgy Ian Burton
Associate stage director Christophe Gayral
Cast
Blanche de la Force Alexandra Marcellier
Le Marquis de la Force Nicolas Cavallier
Le Chevalier de la Force Valentin Thill
Madame de Croissy Doris Soffel
Sœur Constance de Saint‐Denis Sandra Hamaoui
Madame Lidoine Ambur Braid
Mère Marie de l’Incarnation Michèle Losier
Father Confessor of the Convent Michael Colvin
Mère Jeanne de l’enfant Jésus Marina Rodríguez‐Cusì
Sœur Mathilde Laura Fleur++
Officer Irakli Pkhaladze++
First commissioner Filipp Modestov++
Second commissioner Bryan Sala++
Jailer Isaac Galán+
Thierry Irakli Pkhaladze++
Monsieur Javelinot Bryan Sala++
Religiosas carmelites Myriam Arnouk, Irina Avramenko+, Nuada Le Dréve++, Tanya Durán‐Gil, Ester Ferraro++, Ángela Lindo, Carla Mayer, Estíbaliz Ruiz, Carmina Sánchez, Carla Sanmartín Ganau, Antonella Zanetti++
Address
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Avenida del Professor López Piñero, 1, Valencia, Spain — Google Maps
