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The Carmelites
Based On

a short novel by Gertrud von Le Fort and a scenario by Philippe Agostini and The Rev. Fr. R. L. Bruckberger; with the permission of Emmet Lavery

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1957
Language
English

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Stage setting and lighting by
Chorus Director
Costumers

Cast

Marquis de la Force
Blanche, his daughter
Chevalier, his son
Madame de Croissy, Prioress of the Carmelites
Madame Lidoine, the new Prioress
Mother Marie of the Incarnation, Assistant Prioress
Sister Constance of St. Denis, a very young nun
Mother Jeanne of the Child Jesus, Dean of the Community
Sister Mathilde
Father Confessor of the Convent
First Commissioner
Second Commissioner
Governess to Blanche
Thierry, a valet
M. Javelinot, a physician
First Officer
Fanatic Woman
First Woman
Second Woman
Old Man
The Other Nuns
(see notes)

Show Dates

Time and Place

(not specified)

Scenes

(No scene breakdown was published)

Sponsors

The settings for the American Premiere of THE CARMELITES by Poulenc were financed largely through the generous contribution of the San Francisco Opera Guild.

Legacy Commission

English version by Joseph Machlis

Notes

New Production In observation of the Lafayette Bicentenary Libretto by Georges Bernanos from a short novel by Gertrud von Le Fort and a scenario by Philippe Agostini and The Rev. Fr. P. Brückberger; with the permission of Emmet Lavery. 

Additional program note: The opera has been written with the authorization of Mr. Emmet Lavery, author of SONG AT THE SCAFFOLD, the stage adaptation of Gertrud von Le Fort's short novel, DIE LETZTE AM SCHAFOTT, and owner with Mrs. von Le Fort of the copyright for the short novel. 

THE OTHER NUNS: Eleanor L. Avery Yvonne Cadwallader Peggy Anne Covington Lois R. Duncan Jean H. Evans Eloise C. Farrell Athena Knyiados Ginger McFadden Louise Oldt Dolores San Miguel Annabel Thomson