On July 25th, the Caramoor Festival presented the second and final of its Bel Canto at Caramoor operas for the 2015 season, Francis Poulenc's 1956 opera and love letter to the Catholic Church, Dialogues des Carmelites. The opera, performed like a play set to music without formal arias or ensembles, tells the story of the Martyrs of Compiègne, a convent of Carmelite nuns executed during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. The opera may not seem like a natural choice for bel-canto at Caramoo...
On July 25th, the Caramoor Festival presented the second and final of its Bel Canto at Caramoor operas for the 2015 season, Francis Poulenc's 1956 opera and love letter to the Catholic Church, Dialogues des Carmelites. The opera, performed like a play set to music without formal arias or ensembles, tells the story of the Martyrs of Compiègne, a convent of Carmelite nuns executed during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. The opera may not seem like a natural choice for bel-canto at Caramoo...
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