Dialogues des Carmelites
2010 · 2h 32m · N/A
Music
Directed by
Dmitri Tcherniakov
,
Andy Sommer
Overview
The first ever performances in Munich, this production was entrusted to Dmitri Tcherniakov, whose worldwide reputation is underpinned by productions like Eugene Onegin and Macbeth at the Paris Opera and Don Giovanni at Aix-en- Provence. The superb international cast includes a fine Blanche de la Force in Susan Gritton and an excellent Madame de Croissy by Sylvie Brunet, who was favourably compared to Rita Gorr in the press.
Director and cast
- Dmitri Tcherniakov Director
- Andy Sommer Director
- Alain Vernhes as Marquis de la Force
- Bernard Richter as Chevalier de la Force
- Susan Gritton as Blanche de la Force
- Rüdiger Trebes as Thierry
- Soile Isokoski as Madame de Croissy
- Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo as Madame Lidoine
- Hélène Guilmette as Sœur Constance
- Susanne Resmark as Mère Marie
- Oscar Quezada as M. Javelinot
- Heike Grötzinger as Mère Jeanne
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