(Photo:Genevieve Girling) There really does need to be a connection between the operas chosen by a company if it decides to stage a double bill. Two randomly chosen pieces with little to tie the works together, or worse, drawing attention to certain common superficialities and presenting them as an artistically founded pairing, is not simply lazy programming but is also {…}
Killer Queen Opera is set to present “La Voix Humaine” on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. The screening and live concert will take placce at Brooklyn Art Haus in Williamsburg and features a presentation of the company’s film of the opera, directed by Karina Parker, followed by a live recital starring soprano Marina Renèe Nuñez and pianist Giulia Magarelli. Killer Queen {…}
Photo credit: Zan Wimberley “earth.voice.body” will be presented by Carriageworks from Sept. 28 – Oct. 7. The triple bill of new solo works by resident company Sydney Chamber Opera features a new Australian work, a radical interpretation of a 20th century classic, and a major work by a leading 21st century international composer. The program is reflects the major musical {…}
The Universal Song Project is set to present Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine” on April 15, 2023 at the Mirsaol Grand Lobby on Davis Island in Tampa, Florida. The showcase will star soprano Marina Nuñez and pianist Josh Cessna in a production directed by Karina Camille Parker. “Working on this piece is an honor, as Poulenc creates an intimately complex world {…}
(Credit: DanielWelch) Curtis Opera Theatre will present “La Voix Humaine” on Feb. 14, 2023. The monodrama by Poulenc will feature mezzo-soprano Ruby Dibble. She will be directed by Marcus Shields with Lisa Keller accompanying at the piano. The showcase kicks off at 7:30 p.m. local time. “This piece is a virtuosic emotional/vocal showcase for the performers, in our case, Ruby {…}
Opera Philadelphia’s films are heading to the movies this fall. On Nov. 10 and 12, audiences will be able to check out David T. Little’s “Soldier Songs” at the Colonial Theatre, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Ambler Theater, Princeton Garden Theatre, and County Theater. This film will be accompanied by the 2021 short “TakTakShoo” by composer Rene Orth, which stars Kristen {…}
Glyndebourne is now streaming a Poulenc double bill on its official platform Glyndebourne Encore. Audiences can check out “La Voix Humaine” and “Les Mamelles de Tirésias” in a production by Laurent Pelly. The production premiered during the 2022 festival. Of the staging, The Telegraph said, “‘Glyndebourne’s final offering of the season is both scintillatingly brilliant in its own right and {…}
The Festival Música en Villafranca is set to close out its 2022 edition with two operatic performances starring soprano Ashley Bell. First up, the soprano will take on Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine” in a version for piano. The concert will also include music by Rachmaninoff featuring pianists Eduardo Frías and Pedro Halffter. Performance Date: August 26, 2022 Closing out the {…}
The Bilbao Opera is set to present a double bill of “La voix humaine” and “Eine florentinische tragödie.” Nicola Beller Carbone will sing the roles of Elle in “La voix humaine” and Bianca in Zemlinsky’s work. Carbone is well known for her work in the German repertoire and will make her role debut in the Zemlinsky work. She will be {…}
Divaria Productions is set to present “The Human Voice” on Oct. 2 at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York. The opera will be presented in a production by J.A. Diaz with Zalman Kelber as pianist and music director. The famed Poulenc work will star Ashley Bell and James Patrick Nelson as two iterations of Elle. Bell has {…}
On Sept. 24, 2021, Opera Philadelphia will present a new filmed adaptation of Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine.” The filmed version will star soprano Patricia Racette, who has garnered acclaim for her interpretation in past productions. The film is directed by James Darrah who directed and produced Opera Philadelphia’s filmed version of David T. Little’s “Soldier Songs,” Boston Lyric Opera’s “The {…}