Staring dietlinde turban as elle a woman alone in her bedroom. The work is based on the play of the same name by jean cocteau, who, along with french soprano denise duval, worked closely with poulenc in preparation for the operas premiere. In this piece, cocteaus theme of human loneliness and fear assumes a tragic dimension. It represents one side of a conversation between a young woman sung by american soprano julia migenes and her lover, who has jilted her in a 1930s parisian apartment, a woman is seen making for the door. In this explosive work, antonacci is alternately cajoling, charming, frantic and exhausted, the new york times as a desperate woman on the phone with her. Jakub hrusa presents symphonic dramas and a discovery. Gradually, she realizes that the lover has chosen another for good. He is to marry another woman the next day, which causes her to despair. He is also music director of the rotterdam philharmonic orchestra. Voix is an opensource vocal eliminator vocal remover which works well. Compose en 1909, il segreto di susanna passe pour le dernier avatar.
Publication date 1977 title variation voix humaine note opera libretto. Naomi beeldens vertolkt een radeloze vrouw in gesprek met haar exgeliefde en brengt zo een hommage aan het. The main character, elle, spends the opera on the phone with her exlover w. Starring anna caterina antonacci accompanied by donald sulzen. They are ordered by composer and name of the opera. Francis poulenc, who knew cocteau for most of his adult life, wrote an opera for soprano and orchestra in 1958 based on cocteaus play. A woman speaks to her ex on the phone in a last attempt to. Running through bartoks disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as unplayable, and the expression of despair in poulencs monologue, the director krzysztof warlikowski perceives a shared dramatic thread, a shared feminine consciousness and a shared sense of imprisonment and. This work is likely not in the public domain in the us due to first publication with the required notice after. It is set in paris, where a stillquiteyoung woman is on the phone with her lover of the last five years. Halina reijn laveert in haar vertolking hartverscheurend tussen gesprek en ingebeelde dialoog.
In some cases also texts of other vocal pieces similar to operas are included. Awaiting, then receiving a phone call from her lover of five years who has recently left her and is to marry another woman the following day. Download hier het programmaboekje alleen online verkrijgbaar. It was in january 1920, that the paris music journalist and composer henri collet chose six names, perhaps at random because they seemed to be appearing together in recital programmes, and named them les six in order to claim a french numerical advantage over the. It demands everything from a performer, and felicity lott is one. In this explosive work, antonacci is alternately cajoling, charming, frantic and exhausted, the new york times as a desperate woman on the phone with her soontobe exlover. Chris koolmees created a brandnew staging that adds.
The human voice is a fortyminute, oneact opera for soprano and orchestra composed by francis poulenc in 1958. It was performed in new york, stpetersburg, toronto, dublin, douai, maribor, sydney, wuzhen, barcelona and hong kong. Girl talks a lot on phone then strangles herself with a telephone cord, or why cordless is a good thing. Francis poulenc composed this operatic monologue for denise duval, his favourite singer, who created the role under the direction of georges pretre, with staging and scenery by jean cocteau, who also wrote the libretto. The human voice is a fortyminute, oneact opera for soprano and. The main character, elle, spends the opera on the phone with her exlover who. It represents one side of a conversation between a young woman sung by american soprano julia migenes and her lover, who has jilted her. Cocteau wanted music to move away from the romantic ideals laid out by german composers and also did not believe debussys impressionistic music. Based on the play by jean cocteau, it follows a womans final. The opera chronicles the final telephone conversation between the sole. A special project in association with yale school of drama and yale opera. Check out our editors picks to get the lowdown on the movies and shows were looking.