Dialogues of the Carmelites
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Dialogues des Carmélites, FP 159, is an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956. Poulenc wrote
Elin Rombo as Sister Blanche in a 2011 production at the Royal Swedish Opera
Final scene of the first La Scala production, 1956-57
Carmelites
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The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a mendicant order in the Catholic Church for both me
Dialogues of the Carmelites
…Dialogues des Carmélites (French pronunciation: , Dialogues of the Carmelites), FP 159, is an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed…
Coat of arms of the order
The Prophet Elijah (here ascending to heaven while Elisha is looking on, 14th-century glass window) is regarded as the spiritual father of the Carmelite order.
Ruins of the first church on the slopes of Mount Carmel
The Martyrdom of the Carmelites marked the end of the hermit life of the Carmelites on Mount Carmel