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Premiere. 6 February 1959. ( 1959-02-06) Opéra-Comique, Paris. La voix humaine (English: The Human Voice) is a forty-minute, one-act opera for soprano and orchestra composed by Francis Poulenc in 1958. 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 ...
- tragédie lyrique
- 6 February 1959, Opéra-Comique, Paris
- French
La Voix humaine is a monodrama by Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau, based on a phone conversation between a woman and her lover. The opera explores the emotions and tensions of a break-up through song, orchestration and stage design.
The Human Voice (French: La voix humaine) is a monodrama first staged at the Comédie-Française in 1930, written two years earlier by Jean Cocteau. It is set in Paris, where a still-quite-young woman is on the phone with her lover of the last five years.
- Jean Cocteau
- 1930
- 1930
- Comédie-Française
Mar 17, 2018 · Le Château de Barbe-Bleue / La Voix humaine. Béla Bartók / Francis Poulenc. Palais Garnier. from 17 March to 11 April 2018. 1h55 no interval. Synopsis. Artists. Media. Access and services.
Described by Poulenc as “a musical confession,” La voix humaine tells the story of one woman as she grapples with grief, denial, and anger in the face of unrequited love, all shared through a one-sided telephone call.
