Opera Zuid has announced that it will be streaming a double bill of “La Voix Humaine” and “L’Heure Espagnole” on Nov. 14, 17, and 22 throughout the Netherlands. The performances will take place at the Maastricht, Netherlands and will feature a production made in collaboration with the Nouvel Opéra de Fribourg, Switzerland. “La Voix Humaine” will star Talar Dekrmanjan while {…}
The Welsh National Opera is set to unveil a new filmed version of “La Voix Humaine” on Oct. 25, 2020, as part of its celebration of World Opera Day. The production stars Claire Booth in the lone role. The film is conceived as an intimate Zoom party during which she receives a call from her lover, who is intent on {…}
Opéra de Montréal announced $700,0000 dollars in financial support from the Ministére de la culture et dans communications Ambition numérique initiative. Earmarked for the creation of a digital incubator, the funds empower the company to serve the Québec opera sector with no less than seven recordings and webcast projects, and over 900 fees paid out to artists and artisans over {…}
Helios Opera has announced that it will present a virtual production of “La Voix Humaine” through its Modular Opera Project initiative. The opera will be presented virtually on August 14, 2020 at the company’s official website. It will be directed by Adrienne Boris and star soprano Théodora Cottarel in the role of Elle with Celeste Marie Johnson performing at the {…}
The Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal is set to world premiere “L’hiver attend beaucoup de moi” in a double bill with “La Voix Humaine,” starting on March 19, 2020. The new opera is written by Laurence Jobidon and Pascale St-Onge and will star Vanessa Croome and Florence Bourget, two artists in residence at the Atelier Lyrique. They will be {…}
(photo credit: Divaria Productions) While both Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau were members of France’s infamous group Les Six, Poulenc first associated with Cocteau as an admirer of his work. And it was not until 30 years later, when Jean Cocteau’s play “La voix humaine,” written in 1928, became the libretto of Francis Poulenc’s 1958 one-act opera. Poulenc kept the {…}
(Credit: Natalia Munro) New York opera audiences will have another opportunity to encounter one of Francis Poulenc’s works after “Dialogues des Carmélites” finished off the Met Opera season to the acclaim of audiences and critics alike. The U.S. debut of the Spanish production of “La voix humaine (“The Human Voice”),” directed by Antón Armendariz Diaz, and starring soprano Ashley Bell and {…}
The New York Opera Fest 2019 kicked off on Monday, April 29 and for the next several weeks, New Yorkers will get ample opportunity to enjoy opera in a variety of unique ways. As has been OperaWire’s tradition over the years, we have reached out to a number of the companies participating in the festival and have asked them a {…}
First premiering on February 6, 1959, “La Voix Humaine” is a one-act opera for orchestra and a sole soprano performer. The work touches on many of opera’s classic themes, such as tragedy and unrequited love, but framing them within the context of telephone conversations shared between Elle and her unheard former lover. Much of Poulenc’s composition reflects the telephone conversation {…}
Where one would expect the operatic double bill of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci,” Teatro Comunale di Bologna instead opened last night’s double bill with Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine” and Mascagni’s ever-famous verismo opera, “Cavalleria Rusticana,” appropriately placed with the approaching Easter season. La Voix Humaine “Voix Humaine,” set to music from Cocteau’s play of the same name, is described as {…}
Anna Caterina Antonacci is regarded as one of the greatest mezzo-sopranos of our time. She has performed all over the world in diverse repertoire and has thrilled audiences with her dramatic acting and vocal fireworks. Recently she has been making waves in Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine,” one of the most popular one-woman operas in the world. She has performed the {…}