Dialogues of the Carmelites : an opera in three acts and twelve scenes /

Based on the true story of the persecution of 16 Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. Blanche, a timid young girl seeking a life of heroism, joins the Carmelites. Eventually the nuns are expelled from the convent by a decree prohibiting religious organizations, arrested, impriso...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Dialogues des Carmelites.
Corporate Authors:	Australian Opera, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sony Corporation of America
Other Authors:	Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963, Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948, Bonynge, Richard, Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010, Buchanan, Isobel
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Sony Corporation of America, [1985]
Series:	The Australian Opera series
Subjects:	France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Drama. Operas. Operas > Film adaptations. Film adaptations.

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Summary:	Based on the true story of the persecution of 16 Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. Blanche, a timid young girl seeking a life of heroism, joins the Carmelites. Eventually the nuns are expelled from the convent by a decree prohibiting religious organizations, arrested, imprisoned and sentenced to death. Adapted from the drama by Georges Bernanos.
Item Description:	VHS format. Sung in English. Stereo hi-fi, mono compatible. "Video LP." Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videocassettes (155 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 synopsis ([8] pages : illustrations, ; 18 cm.) in container.
Audience:	French.
Production Credits:	Conductor, Richard Bonynge ; designer and lighting, John Bury.