Article: Spain: Oviedo.(Opera review)

The Robert Carsen/Michael Levine production of Francis Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites opends the 61st season of the Teatro de Campoamor in Sepember in the northern Spanish city of Oviedo. Carsen and Levine made their debut at Oviedo with Janacek's Jenufa in 2005, returning now with Poulenc's exquisite, sensitive and extremely intelligent piece in a production that has toured extensively since its debut at Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam. The geometric layout had very few props and the pearl, grey, plain backdrop conveyed warmth and space. There were no doors, no convent cells, no grillwork, no crucifixes, not an altar in sight in this profoundly religious work. Stage ...

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