In the darkest times, we all need something we can turn to for guidance and peace. During one of the most difficult times of his life, Francis Poulenc turned towards his spirituality and the Roman Catholic church, and he embedded his faith into the opera he was composing at the time, Dialogues des Carmélites.⁣ 

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Sources used for this episode: A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker