Dialogues of the Carmelites
Returning for a second year, Emma directed Aylesbury Opera in a striking production of Dialogues of the Carmelites.
"Poulenc’s final Salve Regina was devastating in its stylized simplicity, perhaps the best solution I’ve seen to staging this mass execution. "
- Mark Valencia, Opera Magazine
by Francis Poulenc
Aylesbury Opera
DEMBE Theatre
28th-30th March 2025
Principal Singers
Crispin Lewis - The Marquis de la Force
Jacob Cole - The Chevalier
Robyn Pullen - Blanche de la Force
Salome Siu - Madame de Croissy
Jacqueline Varsey - Madame Lidoine
Isobel Hughes - Mother Marie
Camilla Foster Mitchell - Sister Constance
Chiara Carbone - Mother Jeanne
Antonida Kocharova - Sister Mathilde
Solenne Swinscoe-Dedieu - Sister Gerald
Philip Hayes - Chaplain
Joel Heritage - 1st Commissioner
Nick Heritage - 2nd Commissioner
David Broom - Jailer
David Stephenson - Thierry
Kevin Scott - Javelinot
Adult Chorus
Jennie Bruce
Lynn Callaghan
Celeste Handford
Neil Henderson
Eliuned Jones
Petronella Kereszturi
Eileen Robinson
Alison Thorman
Fenella Vieceli
Marie Woods
Production Team
Producer - Philip Hayes
Stage Director - Emma Large
Musical Director - Sam Laughton
Designer - Emma Large
Repetiteur - Harriet Lawson
Stage Manager - Becky Raymond
Lighting - David Greenaway
Costumes - Gillian Liddell
Costume Assistant - Lucy Coles
Photography - Julian Guidera
