Dialogues des Carmélites | Juilliard Opera
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2h 40m
“In a world that often demands certainty, Dialogues des Carmélites invites us to sit with profound questions that have no easy answers: What makes a life worthy? How can we be truly prepared for our inevitable end? What does security mean when everything familiar is threatened? What sustains us when our institutions crumble? … Rather than imposing answers, the opera creates room for reflection on how faith manifests not as abstract doctrine, but as lived experience under extraordinary pressure.” — Louisa Muller, Director’s Note
Juilliard Opera directed by Louisa Muller.
Matthew Aucoin conducts the Juilliard Orchestra.
Performed and recorded on April 26, 2025 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater
View the digital program: https://www.juilliard.edu/sites/default/files/4.23_dialogues_des_carmelites.pdf
Dialogues des Carmelites, an opera by Francis Poulenc
Libretto adapted by the composer
By arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, Sole Agent in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for Casa Ricordi/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.R.L., publisher and copyright owner.
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