Vintage Nimrod Camper

Francis Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmelites, opera in three acts and 12 scenes from Bernanos

Guests: Frances Viatour, Dominique Goblet and Benedict Mernier

version selected: C

Version A
Felicity Lott (Blanche de la Force) - Regine Crespin (The Prioress of Caramel) Jocelyne Chamonin (New Prioress) - Anne-Marie Rodd (Sister Constance) - Genevieve Barrial (Mother Mary) - Pierre d'Hollander (Marquis de la Force) - Leonard Pezzino (Knight Force Master )...-
& Chorus of Radio France - Orchestre National de France, dir. Jean-Pierre Marty
2CD INA 035 MV
enr. 1980 / per. 1999

Version B
Catherine Dubosc (Blanche de la Force), Rita Gorr (The Prioress of Caramel), Rachel Yakar (La Nouvelle Prieure), Brigitte Fournier (Constance), Martine Dupuy (Mother Mary), José Van Dam ( The Marquis de la Force), Jean-Luc Viala (Le Chevalier de la Force), Michel Senechal (Chaplain), François Le Roux (The Jailor) ...

Chorus and Orchestra of Lyon Opera - Kent Nagano

2CD Virgin 58657

Rec. 1990 / repr. 2006

Version C

Denise Duval (Blanche de la Force), Denise Scharley (The Prioress of Caramel), Régine Crespin (New Prioress), Liliane Berton (Constance), Rita Gorr (Mother Mary ), Xavier Depraz (The Marquis de la Force), Paul Finel (The Knight of the Force) ...

Choir and Orchestra of the Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris - Pierre Dervaux

2CD EMI 62751 / 232593

IT inc. 1958 / repr. 2004 (EMI) / 2009 (IT)