Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine

Thurs 3 Apr View Venues, Dates & Times

Francis Poulenc composed his one-act opera for soprano and orchestra in 1958, basing it on a play of the same name (in translation, The Human Voice) by Jean Cocteau. Its focus is the final telephone conversation which a woman has with her lover, whose abandonment of her leads to a suicide attempt... 
Soprano Mary McCabe is joined by pianist David Quigley (pictured) and the Northern Ireland Opera for this 50-minute presentation of a work which has been widely acclaimed for its extraordinary intensity. 
The opera is preceded by performances of Poulenc by students from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

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