Dialogues des Carmélites Quick reference
The Grove Book of Operas (2 ed.)
... Georges Bernanos' play; Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 26 January 1957 . The cast at the première included Virginia Zeani (Blanche), Leyla Gencer (the new Prioress), Eugenia Ratti (Constance) and Fiorenza Cossotto (in the small part of Mathilde); the conductor was Nino Sanzogno . At the Paris première the singers were Denise Duval (Blanche), Régine Crespin (the new Prioress), Rita Gorrg (Mother Marie) and Liliane Berton (Constance); Pierre Dervaux was the conductor. The story of the Compiègne Carmelites was first told by one of their number,...
