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BROADCAST OF JANUARY 4, 2003 SPONSORED BY CHEVRONTEXACO OVER THE CHEVRONTEXACO-METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, 1:30 P.M.
Music by Francis Poulenc Libretto after Georges Bernanos's dramatization of the novella by Gertrud von le Fort
THE STORY
ACT I. In his library, the Marquis de la Force talks worriedly with his son, the Chevalier, about Blanche, his impressionable daughter, who is unable to overcome her fear of life. She suddenly appears, frightened by hostile crowds that surrounded her carriage on her way home. After retiring, Blanche returns, having been terrified by a servant's shadow, and announces her wish to become a nun.