A passionate lover of the human voice, Francis Poulenc composed the Dialogues des Carmelites in 1953, using a libretto he had written himself from a screenplay by Georges Bernanos. The first ever performances in Munich, this production was Entrusted to Dmitri Tcherniakov, Whose reputation worldwide is under pinned by productions like Eugene Onegin and Macbeth at the Paris Opera and Don Giovanni at Aix-en-Provence. The international cast includes a fine Blanche de la Force Susan Gritton and superb an excellent Madame de Croissy by Sylvie Brunet, who was favorably Compared to Rita Gorr in the press. They are superbly backed up by Soile Isokoski, Susanne Resmark, Guilmette, Alain Vernhes and the fabulous Judge Bernard. Kent Nagano with the Dialogues literally at his fingertips he recorded a landmark version some years ago is at the helm of the Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus.