Libretto
Emmet Lavery and Francis Poulenc (after Georges Bernanos)
Premiere
26 January 1957, Milan (La Scala)
Cast
THE MARQUIS DE LA FORCE (baritone)BLANCHE (lyric soprano)
THE CHEVALIER DE LA FORCE (tenor)
MADAME DE CROISSY (contralto)
MADAME LIDOINE (soprano)
MOTHER MARIE OF THE INCARNATION (mezzo-soprano)
SISTER CONSTANCE (light soprano)
MOTHER JEANNE (contralto)
SISTER MATHILDE (mezzo-soprano)
MOTHER GERALD/SISTER CLAIRE7SISTER ANTOINE AND 5 OTHERS
FATHER CONFESSOR (tenor)
FIRST OGFFICER (tenor)
SECOND OFFICER (baritone)
GAOLER (baritone)
THIERRY (baritone)
M. JAVELINOT (baritone)
CHORUS
nuns, officials of the municipality, officers, police, prisoners, guards, townspeople
Place
Time
1789 -1792