An opera about a group of Carmelite nuns who went to the guillotine during the French Revolution would hardly seem to be relevant to contemporary concerns. But with the terrorist attacks of 2001 still ...

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the final Met Opera broadcast of the season, Francis Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom, Dialogues des Carmélites. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the ...

In Avon, just a stone’s throw from Fontainebleau in Seine-et-Marne (77), the Couvent des Carmes holds more surprises than you ...

When Bastille Day comes around each summer on July 14, I just can’t bring myself to pop the cork on a bottle of Champagne-style California sparkling wine (the kind I can afford). The Fête Nationale ...

Glimmerglass and the New York City Opera have a hit on their hands with this radiant production of Poulenc's 1957 "Dialogues of the Carmelites." It more than atones for the NYCO's unfortunate 1966 ...

We don’t expect that high-tech, caffeinated, secular Seattle would be home to a religious order of cloistered nuns who date their origins back to the 12th century. But deep in the heart of Shoreline ...

On Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, celebrated a solemn pontifical Mass of thanksgiving for Mother Teresa of Jesus, former ...

Paul Corona performs as Javelinot, Karita Mattila as Mme. de Croissy and Karin Cargill as Mere Marie in Dialogues des Carmelites. Some operas inspire reverence beyond who gets kissed and who gets ...

Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth said Aug. 19 that a community of Carmelites in his diocese, and their prioress in particular, may have incurred excommunication after posting a letter online Aug.

In a taut, new production of Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites" — an opera last performed by Eastman Opera Theatre in 2004 — the cast and orchestra alike shone Friday night in a ...

Long after they ceased being of interest to anyone else, French musical artists of the mid-20th century were obsessed with issues of Catholic faith. The nature of martyrdom; the relationship of grace ...