The son of a devoutly Catholic businessman from the south of France, Poulenc (1899-1963) moved into chic and very secular Parisian circles in the 1920s. The purely descriptive title Dialogues des Carmélites took on a life, and a cachet, of its own. Dialogues of the Carmelites was the climax of Francis Poulenc’s career as a religious composer, a role for which he seemed at first an unlikely candidate. Dialogue with the Carmelites (French: Le dialogue des Carmélites, Italian: I dialoghi delle Carmelitane, also known as The Carmelites) is a 1960 French-Italian historical drama film written and directed by Raymond Léopold Bruckberger and Philippe Agostini.It is based upon the play by Georges Bernanos, which in turn was adapted from the novel by Gertrud von Le Fort. “Dialogues des Carmélites (Poulenc)” The opera explores the drama surrounding the Carmelites of Compiegne, sixteen Carmelite nuns (cloistered) sentenced to death in July 1794 by the Revolutionary Tribunal on the grounds of "fanaticism and sedition." BCCM Spring Opera: Dialogues of the Carmelites, Long Beach, California. The opera, performed in English as Dialogues of the Carmelites, made its American debut that September in San Francisco, and on Sunday afternoon, December 8 (the Feast of the Immaculate Conception), Dialogues of the Carmelites opened the 1957-58 season of the NBC Opera Company. FP 159 I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. IFP 24 Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 3 acts, 12 scenes Year/Date of Composition Y/D of Comp. ... (Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites”, based on a play by George Bernanos, based on a … Dialogues of the Carmelites Production: A Metropolitan Opera presentation of an opera in two acts by Francis Poulenc, based on the play by George Bernanos and translated by Joseph Machlis. No. Francis Poulenc's ''Dialogues of the Carmelites'' is that opera rarity, a 20th-century work that has gained widespread admittance to the standard repertory. Dialogues of the Carmelites doesn’t have much plot. 67 likes. Dialogues des Carmélites Alt ernative. 1953–56 First Perf ormance. ... Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard is the fearful Blanche de la Force, who joins a convent of Carmelite nuns in order to escape the terrors of the French Revolution. Dialogues des Carmélites is only available with a Met Opera on Demand subscription or rental. Title Composer Poulenc, Francis: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. No. The Blessed Carmelites of Compiègne were guillotined on July 17, 1794. It had its premiere at La Scala in 1957. In fact, the final scene has the most action.