Opera in three acts and 12 pictures
Text based on the drama by Georges Bernanos, adapted with the permission of Emmet Lavery
Based on a story by Gertrude von Le Fort and a script by Pastor Bruckberger and Philippe Agostini

Production: Magdalena Fuchsberger

Compiègne near Paris, April 1789: In the Carmelite convent, the young noblewoman Blanche de la Force fights against her fear of death and for her goal of living a "heroic life". In the midst of the Grande Terreur, the community is divided between the prioress Madame Lidoine, who urges humility, and the novice mistress Mère Marie, who preaches martyrdom for the faith. The latter prevails, and before the Revolutionary Guards ban the order, the sisters take their vows - except for the absent prioress and Blanche, who cannot withstand the pressure and flees. When the Camelites, condemned to death for counter-revolutionary conspiracy, go to the scaffold, Blanche joins the condemned.