10/15/16 – Dialogues of the Carmelites – 1pm

San Francisco Opera

Dialogues of the Carmelites

Opera in two acts by Francis Poulenc
Text from the play by GEORGES BERNANOS
With the authorization of Emmett Lavery
The play was inspired by a novella by Gertrude von le Fort and by a scenario by Philippe Agostini and Rev. Bruckberger
Sung in English

front page photo credit: Cory Weaver

ARCHIVAL RECORDING

CAST

Chevalier Howard Hensel Marquis Eric Halfvarson Blanche Carol Vaness Thierry Frank Levar Mme de Croissy Régine Crespin Sister Constance Betsy Norden Mother Marie Virginia Zeani M. Javelinot James Meyer Mme. Lidoine Leontyne Price Chaplain Jonathan Green Sister Mathilde Donna Petersen First Commissioner Jeffrey Thomas Second Commissioner John MacAllister First Officer James Busterud Mother Jeanne Leslie Richards Mother Gerald Nikki Li Hartliep Jailer Carl Glaum Sister Anne Christina Jaqua

Conductor Henry Lewis
Production John Dexter Set designer Devid Reppa Costume Designer Joan Greenwood Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler Sound Designer Roger Gans Chorus Director Richard Bradshaw Musical Preparation Philip Eisenberg Terry Lusk Martha Gerhart Prompter Philip Eisenberg Assistant Stage Director Sheila Gruson Assistant to Mr. Dexter Max Charruyer Stage Manager Gretchen Mueller