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16 January 2022
POULENC - Mother Marie in Dialogues of the Carmelites
Time
2:00 PM
Venue
Houston Grand Opera
Program
Dialogues of the Carmelites, Poulenc’s tragedy in two parts, takes place during the French Revolution and asks the question: who gets to be a martyr? Seeking to protect herself from the guillotine, young aristocrat Blanche leaves her family and trembles her way to the Carmelite convent. But as the bedridden prioress admonishes the fearful Blanche, it is nuns who protect the convent, not the other way around. Promising to embrace her new life, Blanche befriends Constance, another young nun, who’s had a nightmare that they’ll soon die together. What began as a fresh start quickly turns to tragedy as Madame Croissy dies and the revolutionaries come for the nuns.
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Director: Francesca Zambello
Blanche: Natalya Romaniw
Madame Lidoine: Christine Goerke
Madame Croissy: Patricia Racette
Mother Marie: Jennifer Johnson Cano
Sister Constance: Lauren Snouffer
Marquis: Rod Gilfry
Chevalier: Eric Taylor