What would the Metropolitan Opera (and its audiences) do without its production of Francis Poulenc's DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES, which opened for the season with Saturday's matinee, May 4? As created in 1977 for its Met premiere by director John Dexter, this CARMÉLITES is unlike anything else in the company's repertoire--simply designed and a showcase for a brilliant ensemble of female voices.
SOURCE: opera.broadwayworld.com at 04:43PM on May 7, 2013