We don’t expect that high-tech, caffeinated, secular Seattle would be home to a religious order of cloistered nuns who date their origins back to the 12th century. But deep in the heart of Shoreline ...

The Iberian Province of the Discalced Carmelites is preparing to celebrate the jubilee year of St. John of the Cross, marking the 300th anniversary of his canonization and the 100th anniversary of his ...

When Bastille Day comes around each summer on July 14, I just can’t bring myself to pop the cork on a bottle of Champagne-style California sparkling wine (the kind I can afford). The Fête Nationale ...

"I am working like a madman, I do not go out, I do not see anyone," said Francis Poulenc shortly after beginning work on DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES, as quoted in the Met's program. "I do not want to ...

Women protest outside the San Bernardo Convent, in support of the eighteen cloistered nuns from the convent who have made a formal allegation against the Archbishop Mario Cargnello of Salta and two ...

Watch John Dexter’s production of the Poulenc classic about the power of faith, starring Isabel Leonard as Blanche and Karita Mattila as the Prioress. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. John Dexter’s ...

Crowds have been flocking to the Metropolitan Opera to take in a heart-wrenching tale of religious persecution that continues into the next two weekends. Dialogues des Carmélites is one of the most ...

Paul Corona performs as Javelinot, Karita Mattila as Mme. de Croissy and Karin Cargill as Mere Marie in Dialogues des Carmelites. Some operas inspire reverence beyond who gets kissed and who gets ...

The Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCD) in the Philippines installed Fr. Joey Mabborang on May 4 as provincial superior, beginning his leadership of the order’s Province of St. Teresa of Jesus. He ...

The Prioress (Karita Mattila) refuses the help of the doctor (Paul Corona) so she may speak to Sister Blanche (Isabel Leonard). Ken Howard / Met Opera As the decades have passed since this ...