Dialogues of the Carmelites

Audio excerpts are from the 1982 cast of Dialogues of the Carmelites (sung in English), with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra conducted by Henry Lewis.

Prelude to Act I, Scene 2/San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Sister Constance’s Aria/Betsy Norden; “Ave Maria”/San Francisco Opera Women’s Chorus; Blanche’s Scene with Her Brother/Carol Vaness/Howard Hensel; The New Prioress Gives Her Blessing/Leontyne Price; Final Scene/San Francisco Opera Women’s Chorus.

Dialogues of the Carmelites Pre-Opera Talk
By Laura Prichard

• Prelude to Act I

• Sister Constance's Aria

• Ave Maria

• Blanche's Scene with her Brother

• The New Prioress Gives the Nuns Her Blessing

• Final Scene