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Robert Carsen’s shattering Dialogues des carmélites returns to Amsterdam for a last time

By Nicolas Nguyen, 09 November 2015
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“Sabine Devieilhe... soared like a beam of light, each word exquisitely chiselled”
Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 7 November 2015
Programme
Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites
Performers
Dutch National Opera
Stéphane Denève, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Director
Michael Levine, Set Designer
Falk Bauer, Costume Designer
Jean-François Lapointe, Marquis de la Force
Sally Matthews, Blanche de la Force
Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Chevalier de la Force
Michael Colvin, Le Père confesseur
Jean-Luc Ballestra, Gaoler
Doris Soffel, Madame de Croissy, the prioress
Adrianne Pieczonka, Madame Lidoine, the new prioress
Michelle Breedt, Mère Marie
Sabine Devieilhe, Sœur Constance
Virpi Räisänen, Mère Jeanne
Wilke te Brummelstroete, Sœur Mathilde
Roger Smeets, Officer
Mark Omvlee, 1er commissaire
Harry Teeuwen, 2ème commissaire
Michael Wilmering, Thierry
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Residentie Orkest The Hague
Jean Kalman, Lighting Designer
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Nicolas Nguyen
Nicolas Nguyen
Nicolas is a French Amsterdammer, e-commerce professional and a bit of an opera buff. His experience in the area of music is that of a dilettante. His passion for the opera and vocal music comes from his love for both music and languages which are so perfectly combined in these art forms.