Порядок благодати в опере Франсиса Пуленка «Диалоги кармелиток»

Abstract

The article examines the space of spiritual meaning and the system of its organization in “Le dialogue des carmélites,” Francis Poulenc’s opera which discloses the subject of spiritual feats in Christ’s name. Poulenc characterized the peculiarities of the spiritual path from the Deadly Torment of the Christian nun Blanche, which turned out to be among the victims of the republican government and along with the other Carmelite sisters accepted a martyr’s death on the guillotine. The monastic life in spiritualibus of the opera’s main heroines is presented by the composer as an “ordinary perfect Christian life” (J. Omann). The author comes to the following conclusions: the projections of the universal conceptions of Christian philosophy of Catholicism into the basic part of the spiritual meaning of the opera “Le dialogue des carmélites” form the conception of the particularities of the artistic world of this musical composition; the episodes which reveal distinct varieties of mystical experience in the opera and the ascetic practice of monastic life function as the framework elements of the order of grace in the space of its spiritual meaning. In the opera “Le dialogue des carmélites” Poulenc’s perception of the mystery of grace is reflected par excellence. Keywords: Francis Poulenc, the opera “Le dialogue des carmélites,” spiritual feat, monastic life, martyrdom, mystery of grace.