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| − | ''[[Dialogue of the Carmelites]]'' is an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963).
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Poulenc wrote the libretto for his second opera after the work of the same name by Georges Bernanos, itself based on ''The Song at the Scaffold'' by Gertrud von Le Fort. This is a fictionalized version of the story of the Martyrs of Compiègne, Carmelite nuns who, in 1794 during the closing days of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, were guillotined in Paris for refusing to renounce their vocation.
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| − | The world première of the opera occurred (in Italian translation) on 26 January 1957 at La Scala in Milan. The première of the French-language version took place in Paris on 21 June 1957. The United States première, in English, followed in San Francisco in September 1957.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1977: Presented by [[UCT Opera Company]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], produced by [[Gregorio Fiasconaro]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
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