Dialogues des Carmelites

Based on a true story, the "Dialogues des Carmelites" sets the life of the Carmelites nuns at the dawn of the French Revolution. “Robert Carsen's production is effective in its simplicity, allowing the drama to speak for itself. Dagmar Schellenberger compellingly conveys Blanche's journey from distress to acceptance… Anja Silja's portrayal of the old Prioress is outstanding, with its disturbing transformation from serene wisdom to terrified, blasphemous, near-madness as death approaches. ...Riccardo Muti and the La Scala orchestra in magnificent form, captured in magnificent sound. Ultimately, it is the final scene, with its multiple executions, that makes or breaks a production of Dialogues. Carsen's allegorical solution is both elegant and deeply moving.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2007

• Robert CarsenDirector

• Christopher RobertsonMarquis de la Force
• Dagmar SchellenbergerBlanche de la Force
• Gordon GietzChevalier de la Force
• Anja SiljaMadame de Croissy
• Gwynne GeyerMadame Lidoine
• Barbara DeverMere Marie de l' incarnation
• Laura AikinSoeur Constance
• Annamaria PopescuMere Jeanne
• Sara AllegrettaSoeur Mathilde