Francis Poulenc's Dialogue des Carmélites Finale Performed by l'Opéra National du Rhin

News of the local premier of the XX^th Century opera "based on historical events which took place at a monastery of Carmelite nuns in Compiegne during the French Revolution," which "depicts the executions of 14 nuns" in the above scene — ‘Dialogues of the Carmelites’ gets Asian premiere in Seoul. Composer Francis Poulenc was described as "half monk, half delinquent."