Word: poulencã
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...path to directing an opera with as high a level of intellectual and moral gravitas as Francis Poulenc??s “Dialogues of the Carmelites” does not usually start amidst a musical complete with animal suits, an ugly duckling, and an exclamatory one-syllable title. Yet “Dialogues” music director Ben E. Green ’06 steadfastly resists categorization. Not only did Green, a classically trained pianist, begin his directing career supervising a high school production of “Honk!” he has also been involved with...
...would expect an opera whose protagonist is named Sister Blanche of the Agony of Christ to be excessively melodramatic. But the Dunster House Opera (DHO) production of Francis Poulenc??s 1957 modern classic, “Dialogues of the Carmelites” is anything but excessive...
...carry the dramatic weight of the acting and singing because of a vulnerable and sometimes thin sound, for the most part they did not fail to stir the audience and support the singers. It seemed as if the music could fall apart at any minute, but such frailty is Poulenc??s intention...
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