Palmer was part of a uniformly strong cast the Met assembled for this revival of the classic John Dexter production, first seen in 1977 and absent from the stage for a decade.

WSJ: Review: Stirring revival of Poulenc opera at Met

The fact that the Met's "Dialogues of the Carmelites" has stayed fresh and vital for nearly four decades is thus an eloquent tribute to the imagination of John Dexter but it also says much about the enduring significance of modernism itself.

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