Premiered in 1957, Poulenc's opera explores religious devotion and self-sacrifice through the story of Blanche de la Force, a young aristocratic woman who joins the Carmelite Order to escape the violence of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. 

The opera will be performed in French with English surtitles.

Join us for the discussion, Opera Resonates Dialogues of the Carmelites: Forbidden Faith, Then and Now, on April 22, 2018 at 1:30 PM.