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FULL LA VOIX HUMAINE Miami Beach FL 2021 Sandra López
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: La Voix Humaine
- Composer: Poulenc Francis
- Libretto: Jean Cocteau Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: St.John?s on the Lake, Miami Beach, Florida, The Opera Atelier
- Recorded: June 13, 2021
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
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 preparation for the opera’s premiere. Poulenc’s tragédie lyrique was first performed at the Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique in Paris on 6 February 1959, with Duval as the solo singer and Georges Prêtre conducting; the scenery, costumes and direction were by Cocteau.
The libretto consists of a woman’s last phone conversation with her lover, who now loves someone else. During the call, the woman reveals that she has attempted suicide because her lover has abandoned her.