Les Dialogues Des Carmelites ( Dialogues of the Carmelites ) - Francis Poulenc - 1957

[Mezzotenor]

Agree that this is most precious, thanks for posting! Fascinating to me that ALL the early recordings or airchecks of "Dialogues" are sung in the audience's native tongue, and we hear versions in Italian, German and English in addition to the original French. Nowadays the French prevails at the Met in NY and at the big European houses. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but I'm quite respectful of schools and smaller companies that follow the composer's wish to have it sung in the vernacular.

[Rory1956]

Thank you for this extremely interesting document. As Pederzini herself argued, the most beautiful Opera of the second half of last century.