This is the most powerful, haunting, and frightful scenes in all of opera. I have seen Dialogues of the Carmelites in a production of the Juilliard School and at the Metropolitan Opera. This last scene is like nothing I have ever experienced. The beauty and mystery of Salve Regina is perfectly captured by Poulenc. Great music to express great tragedy and drama.

As a Catholic, it comforts me to realise that these sisters, having been martyred, were according to Church doctrine cleansed of all stain of sin at the moments of their deaths, and entered Heaven immediately thereafter, without having to be purified in the arduous torments of Purgatory first. Laudate Dominum! 🕊 ✝️ ❤ 🌹

The arrival of Blanche in the final scene is one of the strongest moments in opera literature.

I think... this is by far the MOST POWERFUL OPERA... ever written...

@Highinsight7

8 жыл бұрын

+ian1856 I've scene it... SO MANY times... it never gets old....

@Highinsight7

8 жыл бұрын

+ian1856 I've scene it... SO MANY times... it never gets old....

@yahulwagoni4571

5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps in the 20th Century. It doesn't come up to Fidelio.

@organboi

5 жыл бұрын

I don't agree. The rather weak libretto leading up to this ending doesn't augment the power it could have had. It is not BY FAR the most powerful opera ever written. Even the ending of La Boheme or Butterfly equal or outdo this. My opinion.

@guynungagap4617

4 жыл бұрын

@Louise X You don't need the guillotine. You can imagine it in filigrane in the white of the "french" flag.

The most powerful finale ever written in opera. The beautiful music only heightens the horror of the action. One of the best versions I've ever seen!

@Highinsight7

8 жыл бұрын

+vintagehaynesflute agreed... on everything you said....

Saw this recently at the opera house and man was the theatre filled with intense emotion, many people crying in silence.

The Carmelite nuns were executed at the Place de la Nation (at the time, Place du Trone-reverse'), and buried at the nearby Cimitiere du petit picpus (Picpus Cemetery). I went to visit it, one time in Paris, just to think about things, for a quiet moment. A very small cemetery, but worth the visit, if you like that sort of thing. Andre Chenier was also buried there, as was the Marquis de Lafayette whose grave, when I visited, was draped with American flags.

@michaelsmith7902

2 жыл бұрын

Compiègne the site of their convent is quite close to Paris. A short train ride. The convent is long gone but the church is still there. Very touching for anyone who loves this opera. As many have intimated above, you can't listen to this without getting a serious case of goosebumps. Poulenc is a very underestimated composer. Unfortunately even in France.

@dougmoore4619

Жыл бұрын

!❤a

Beautiful production. My sister was in this in college at UMKC. Its so powerful. I couldn't stop crying.

So beautiful. But I remember reading that they died singing to Veni Spiritus Sanctus? Oh Holy Martyrs of Compiegne, pray for us. 🙏

@Rumptertumskin79

11 күн бұрын

yes Ps. 116 (LAUDATE DOMINUM) and Veni Creator Spiritus

Thrilling and simultaneously terrifying. Everything about this production deserves an esteemed place in operatic history.

First heard this aria when I was in the 7th grade in Music Appreciation class. The impact it made on me has lasted even until today, 45+ years later!

An amazing production; brings out the 'reality' of the story (crowds in the background, stairs to the guillottine) like few productions do.

The most harrowing and courageous scene in all of opera.

MAGNIFICENT in it's horror...Sobbing! Baroness Gertrude von Le Fort's shattering novella, The Last to the Scaffold

@BalletBabyBoy

4 жыл бұрын

@Hona Hona Yes I know

Haunting - the music evokes the evil and madness of the terror juxtaposed against the sublime purity, innocence and courage of the Blessed Martyrs.

Poulenc's use of a Major IV chord in a minor key is very telling.

I remember when my sister was in this at UMKC. I cried so hard.

Diálogos das Carmelitas tem um dos finais mais bonitos e emocionantes dentre todas as óperas. Que belo vídeo esse do FAO! Muito bem cantado e com uma produção simples, bonita e tocante.

Сердце сжимается, так трогательно. При страшных звуках гильотины желудок кувыркался... Надо посмотреть всю оперу, это нечто...Да, увлекаемся мы чересчур, люди, устанавливая справедливость. На земле она недостижима. Лучше милость, чем справедливость

This scene is extremely effective on the radio (and probably CDs/records as well).

The music of Salve Regina is so powerful and intense from the beginning until the last musical note. I hope that at our Opera House: Colón Theater, Buenos Aires; will try to consider Dialogues des Carmelites in the next seasons. I believed, that it was only performed in its Southamerican premiere in 1962, with the great French soprano: Denise Duval.

@MonastraOperaSymphonyClassical

5 жыл бұрын

Fue fantástica la producción del Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile en 2005 o 2006 (no estoy seguro el año). No pude ir, pero vi el video de una función donde cantó una amiga mía de acá, Buenos Aires. Creo que la puesta en escena era de Marcelo Lombardero y la escenografía de Diego Siliano. Pero, sea de quien fuere, fabulosa.

@luisfedericosala1354

5 жыл бұрын

Opera Symphony & Classical - Gustavo Monastra tenor Gracias por la información.

@carlmoore3215

2 жыл бұрын

Around and shortly before 5:24, two nuns walk offstage on the platform, but only 1 occurrence of the guillotine sound.

I love the usage of the revolutionary flag. There's no disguising the evil in the hearts of the French revolutionaries here.

I was in the Houston Grand Opera production many years ago . So powerful being there on stage during the Salve Regina.

@IndoPersian1969

5 жыл бұрын

I sang in the HGO chorus for two fabulous seasons, and even though I've gone on to have a solo career some of the artistic highlights of my life will always be experiences I had on stage in that fine ensemble. I am envious that you got to do this opera there! I can only imagine what a powerful experience it must have been!

@davidkeel5949

4 жыл бұрын

My wife and I were "supers" in that 1989 production. We had hoped to be picked for Otello since that opera was a favorite and it starred Domingo. I am so glad we got to be in "Dialogues". I was not familiar with it until that production, which I dearly wish was on video. Because I was onstage during the finale, I never got to see what the audience saw, but it was overwhelmed nonetheless. I've never seen a production of Dialogues to equal it!

@annaarmstrong6956

Жыл бұрын

Mr Schumann--you were in the 1988 HGO production? I was there-- October, 1988. The Houston International Festival was ongoing and France was the country being celebrated.

@reaganenglish

Жыл бұрын

@@IndoPersian1969 Thank you it was .

@reaganenglish

Жыл бұрын

@@davidkeel5949 I'm sorry it was not on video also . I was doing back to back with "Dialogues" and "Otello" at the time . Placido Domingo was really nice .

I'm always interested in seeing how this opera is staged, especially in the powerful final scene. I prefer the more abstract, spare settings, but this is very well done.

Incredible powerful. I couldnt stop crying.

This scene is very powerful.

Incredible

Opera meravigliosa! libretto, musica e finale FANTASTICI!

Opera Australia did this (Aust. Opera then) and I was overwhelmed. The sound of the blade coming down was awful but so evocative. Wonderful

A quien Dios tiene nada la falta, solo Dios basta.. 🙏✝️🛐

Quest'opera teatrale rende l'orrore se tutto, la storia è nelle mani di uomini che hanno l'arroganza di non riconoscersi peccatori. Le moneche del Carmelo di Compiegne sono da testimonianza e monito.

Every time I hear the opening of this scene i think, :Here we go!:.

In celebrating the Pesach, the Hebrew tradition aims to make one feel ‘as if we were there’. I think that’s also what happens here. Perhaps knowing that it is based on fact adds to its impact. I first saw this opera more than fifty years ago, and this scene still moves me to tears. After a brilliantly written, brilliantly staged scene in a brilliant opera which deserves the highest praise, it feels-somehow-sacrilegious to applaud.

@adrianjohnson7920

6 ай бұрын

I have seen this in 6 productions over 50 years. Most of the time the audience is in a shocked silence at the end, and the storm of applause begins very timidly. There were always faces wet with tears.

Merci pour ce chefs d'oeuvre

I was in the orchestra for a production in 93/94 and the entire orchestra was in tears by the end of there opera, every night. And we couldn't even see the stage. We were just listening to the guillotine.

Wow ! Amazing direction ! Some people argue about this being ( or not) the Most Dramatic and moving Final scene in all Opera , let' s simply think that : This out a terrible TRUE story and we assist at the execution of 16 innocent nuns ...and the LOVE at stake..its the Love of GOD and not any human romantic relationship .

Opera is so under appreciated! This is magnificent.

@Highinsight7

Жыл бұрын

BUT... there are folks like me (and more of us then you would think) that are IN LOVE with this work!

Eu procurando uma versão do final em vídeo pra compartilhar e olha o que eu acho… p*, Antique, vc tá em todas as coisas legais feitas desses anos pra cá!!! (inclusive, ouvindo uma gravação completa neste momento; ontem o Amaral Vieira mostrou este trecho no programa dele, é arrebatador!!!)

Estava nesse dia da apresentação e essa parte me fez chorar.

Impresionante; bello.

The finest staging I have seen, and I just finished watching the New York Metropolitan Opera production. The steps to the guillotine are a fine touch, but are there not traditionally 13 steps on a scaffold?

Il faut dire que le compositeur est Francis Poulenc et le texte de l'écrivain Georges Bernanos, quand même!

Je ne connais pas de fin plus tragique et plus belle à un opéra. Chaque fois que la guillotine tombe, ça me fait un coup au coeur. Mais cette scène est-elle encore mise en scène de la sorte ? Olivier Py les aligne, on entend un coup de feu et l'une part. Rien à voir avec cet extrait là, oh combien émouvant. Mais bon, Olivier Py est n génie, tout le monde le dit, ce doit être vrai. Et le final final avec Blanche... son rôle.. Pour finir de critiquer les mises en scène, si je devais assister à un "dialogue des carmélites" qui ne se termine pas comme celui de cet extrait, je serais déçu. D'autant que dans les mises en scène moderne il faut être minimaliste (je me souviens d'un Papageno se promenant dans la forêt avec des feuilles A4 pliées pour symboliser les oiseaux). D'autres, pour être modernes, transposent toute l'œuvre dans un camp de concentration. Bref, je suis vieux jeu, et j'Adore ce final montré ici, merci

foi bom trabalhar nesta obra abs!

So moving. I would love to see all of the opera.

Prachtige opera. Een waar gebeurde geschiedenis. Veel mensen weten niet dat de aanhangers van de revolutionairen tegen de RK Kerk strijden. Deze opera laat zien dat er veel nonnen paar weken voor het einde van de revolutionaire revolutie onder de guillotine eindigden.

Lindo!!! Parabens a todos...

LINDOOOOOOOO!!!!

I agree. Butterfly is a contender though...

If you can detect the mistake in this scene, that's means you are genius.....

@mirzan2718

7 жыл бұрын

Ash the Great Hahaha i just notice it..at 4.26 until 5.36

@69EBubu

6 жыл бұрын

Ah, ah, ah, for one of them the guillotine falls just before the singer has exited. And for 2 others, it falls barely as they are out....

hello im French

Что за фильм был снят про этих монахинь?

@kevinbru237

Жыл бұрын

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@84remb

27 күн бұрын

Un film français dans les années 80 je crois, avec Jeanne Moreau dans le rôle de Blanche

Así sea con todas las SOBRAS del mundo.

I need an anti-depressant after this.

So basically when they walk into the light they get guillotined

k triste, no?

God bless the souls of the martyrs of all kind of tiranies.🎉

@giuseppinadellorco9275

5 ай бұрын

❤Meraviglioso incredibilmente coinvolgente!!! note che si scolpiscono nell'anima!!!!😢❤

SALUE Mon Oncle Cameo..Shell or Glass inMr BuddahHouse.By Revealed Darker Ground that the reason I Saw the Way Out From Your House...

Le doux France.

Страх какой ...

"Je crois aux forces de l'esprit" François Mitterrand☠ ! Ben moi aussi, alors t'as intérêt à nous filer un coup d'main, pac'qu'on est mal ! 👻🤪🇫🇷

Horrific though this scene is just remember the torture and murder inflicted on innocent people by religion throughout the ages

@lungdoc

5 жыл бұрын

phil thompson Inflicted by religion in this particular case? I don’t get it.

@Jo_Cruz

5 жыл бұрын

The torture was inflicted by revolucionaries in this case (Robespierre's legacy). Liberté Egalité Fraternité, maybe a beautiful motto in theory but the reality was a waaay different.

@guynungagap4617

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jo_Cruz C'est une devise décapitée, il manque générosité

@teetagigi3659

3 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about miserable fool, wake up. This crime was inflicted by irreligious satanic thugs like you against the Believers in Our Lord and God Jesus Christ. These evil people were imbued with the same satanic anti-Christian evil spirit that you are imbued with. Wake up fool

@thomasjorge4734

3 жыл бұрын

More heople have been murdered in the name of people. than any other name, as any honest historian can easily prove.

This scene staging is just dumb. Their legs would have collapsed in fear walking up those steps. Guards would be escorting them. Sure, the women are strong in their faith, but come on. They would still show signs of fear. And they would never have made it up those steps alone. Death row prisoners always talk of hoping their legs hold up as they walk to the death chamber. The Met's stagings generally show genuine fear in addition to the strength. Others should take note.

@standev1

3 жыл бұрын

This depicts the real story, in which the blessed martyrs did walk up on their own. What is impossible with merely natural strength, is possible with grace of God. You can look up "Martyrs of Compiegne".

@marbellajanice9965

3 жыл бұрын

If you catholic, you will understand

@marbellajanice9965

3 жыл бұрын

The Martyrs if compiegne no fear to die, because they can see god in heaven

@marbellajanice9965

3 жыл бұрын

Of*not if

@michaelsmith7902

2 жыл бұрын

I think you're missing the idea of martyrdom. At least in thr Christian/Catholic tradition. These women are not murderers on death row... You may think they're dumb, but they see another life opening up to them at the top of that scaffold. May sound dumb to you, but the past is another country.