A good year for nuns

2007 is shaping up to be a good year for nuns. First we had the superb Doubt, and on Saturday I saw the Lyric Opera's premiere production of Dialogues of the Carmelites. It was definitely the jewel in the Lyric's best year in a long time. The staging was similar to this season's earlier production of Iphigenie en Tauride, but not quite as gimmicky. All the performers were superb and the orchestra was wonderful. My only quibble is with the Twyla Tharp stylings of the final scene, but it still worked. The Lyric has more than made up for ignoring this opera for the past 50 years.