Dancer

“No human dies for himself alone. One dies for others. Maybe some die instead of others. Who knows?“ (Sœur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites). Few operas focus on the confrontation with one’s own mortality as much as Francis Poulenc’s opera about an order of Carmelite nuns in the turmoil of the French Revolution, which premiered in 1957. The story revolves around the young Blanche, who – plagued by severe anxiety since birth – finds shelter in a convent. But the time of security ends abruptly when the Revolutionary Committee breaks up the convent and forbids the community from practicing its rites. The sisters swear themselves to martyrdom, but Blanche’s fear of death drives her to flee. Eventually she manages to overcome herself: As she follows her sisters to the scaffold, her fear is extinguished in the face of death. In her production of this hybrid of thriller, discourse opera and holy mass, director Ewelina Marciniak, known for her feminist readings, focuses on the dynamics of a community of women struggling for communication and humanity in the midst of terror. And even if the supernatural “Salve Regina“ of the Carmelite nuns on the scaffold leaves no doubt that this opera is a fervent profession of faith by the Catholic Poulenc, the nuns’ willingness to make sacrifices raises questions: where are the boundaries between solidarity, faith and fundamentalism? How lonely is it to die in our secularized contemporary world? Under the musical direction of Cornelius Meister, Poulenc’s powerful music becomes a unique event.

Dialogues des Carmélites

Stuttgart Opera

A dance performance with live musicians and singers on stage, in which figures from Michael Kvium paintings are 'born' out of the canvas. Choreography: Palle Granhøj. Music by Carl Nielsen.

Kvium's Figures Move Me – But How Do They MOVE?

Randers Teater

An explosive, physical and humorous waltz in which the silent-film duo Gøg and Gokke meets Quentin Tarantino's universe in a fusion of slapstick action and raw authenticity.

Slinger i valsen

An explosive, physical and humorous waltz on the edge of chaos, where silent-film slapstick comedy meets Quentin Tarantino's colorful universe in a wild fusion of slapstick, action and raw authenticity.

Dancer

Mikołaj Karczewski

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 1, 2026

Kvium's Figures Move Me – But How Do They MOVE? · Randers Teater

Feb 9, 2027

Slinger i valsen · Randers Teater

8 - 10 Mar, 2027

Slinger in the Waltz · BaggaardTeatret

Past events

Mar 29 - Apr 18, 2026

Dialogues des Carmélites · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Future and recently performed repertoire

Dancer in Work by Carl Nielsen by Nielsen

Randers Teater

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