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| Renata Jaworska |
" La voix humaine"
(Die menschliche Stimme)
Sopran:
Sandra Burchartz
Inszenierung:
David Walsh
Musik:
Prof. Thomas Gabrisch
Stage design:
Renata Jaworska (Klasse Immendorff)
La voix humaine (English: The Human Voice) is a one-act opera for one character, with music by Francis Poulenc to a libretto by Jean Cocteau, based on his 1930 play.
La voix humaine was first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Salle Favart in Paris on 6 February 1959. Poulenc wrote the opera for Denise Duval, the French soprano, and the premiere was conducted by Georges Prêtre. The story involves one woman on stage speaking on the telephone with her (invisible and inaudible) departing lover, who is leaving her to marry another woman.
Synopsis:
A young woman has been interrupted during a telephone call from her lover of five years. He has abandoned her and is to marry another woman the following day. This is the last time they will speak to each other. During the conversation, we learn that the woman has attempted suicide. The telephone service in Paris being notoriously poor during that era, they are interrupted several times during the agonizing conversation.
