05/11/19 – Dialogues des Carmélites – 1pm

The Metropolitan Opera

Francis Poulenc
Dialogues des Carmélites

• ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 9 MINS, 1 intermissions
• SUNG IN FRENCH
• photo credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the touching role of Blanche and soprano Karita Mattila, a legend in her own time, returns to the Met as the Prioress.

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