Details

La voix humaine is a dialogue, but one in which the audience only ever hears one voice, as a woman and her lover agree to part during a single telephone conversation. Poulenc, in his most famous operatic work, creates a master piece out of the woman's growing realisation that it is all over, combined with her darkly comic frustrations with the telephone as a means of communication. While the central character of this piece is on the receiving end of a highly charged emotional break-up, she is neither passive nor pliant. While the man may have the upper hand in the romance, the strength of character, humanity and humour is definitely with the woman.

Creatives/Company

Music: Francis Poulenc
Lyrics: Jean Cocteau

Archive listings for La Voix Humaine

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T01030409903

Opera on the Move presents two of the great mini-operas of the mid-20th century, both centred around a ground-breaking technology that transformed so many lives: Menotti's larger-than-life The Telephone and Poulenc's tragic masterpiece La Voix Humaine.Company Opera on the Move.
21 Oct 22 to 22 Oct 22The Playground Theatre, Inner London :: V34310877
listing details L2018446123

T263660905

Poulenc's haunting operatic monodrama is brought to life in a fresh new staging starring Sofia Kirwan-Baez. Cocteau's original text finds a new relevance presented in the modern day, with the strains of disconnection a familiar subject to all. Presented in French with English subtitles.Director Jonny Danciger. Performer Alex Norton (piano). Performer Sofia Kirwan-Baez.
24 Sep 22OSO Arts Centre (formerly the Old Sorting Office), Outer London :: V0964976130
listing details L0312891181
12 Feb 21 to 13 Feb 21OSO Arts Centre (formerly the Old Sorting Office), Outer London :: V0964976130
listing details L0566475768

Lyric Solitude 2 - T424907431

Company English Touring Opera. Director James Conway. Performer Paula Sides (piano). Performer Sergey Rybin (piano).
23 Oct 20Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75
listing details L01534248194

T0738368613

Producer Leeds Playhouse. Producer Opera North. Director Sameena Hussain. Performer Gillene Butterfield.
2 Oct 20 to 17 Oct 20Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse), Leeds :: V977
listing details L1538526270

T01638294213

Company OperaUpClose. Director Robin Norton-Hale. Musical Director Richard Black. Design Kate Lane. Performer Sarah Minns (soprano). Performer Richard Black (piano).
3 Nov 17Redbridge Drama Centre, Outer London :: V0589837415
listing details L01022143044
20 Oct 17The North Wall, Oxford :: V0818740866
listing details L0811651492
2 Jul 17 to 20 Aug 17Kings Place, Outer London :: V01170367271
listing details L1677164642

T01232723486

Other David Pountney (original production concept). Director Mathilde Lopez. Performer Claire Booth (soprano). Performer Christopher Glynn (pre-recorded piano).
15 Jun 17 to 17 Jun 17Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75
listing details L1006178053

T01085559067

Company Berwick Festival Opera.
26 Nov 16 to 27 Nov 16The Maltings, Berwick-on-Tweed :: V986
listing details L869072116

T0717078303

Company Minotaur Music Theatre. Translation Simon Butteriss. Director Stuart Barker. Musical Director Kelvin Lim (piano). Performer Caroline Foulkes (singer).
6 Nov 14The Rosemary Branch, Inner London :: V333
listing details L1250013280

T1494791075

New Production. Sung in English.Company Opera North. Conductor Wyn Davies. Director Aletta Collins. Design Giles Cadle. Lighting Andreas Fuchs. Costume Gabrielle Dalton. Performer Lesley Garrett (Elle). Performer Pamela Helen Stephen. Performer Phillip Rhodes. Performer Amy Freston. Performer Heather Shipp. Performer Emma Carrington. Performer Rebecca Moon. Performer Louise Mott. Performer Claire Pascoe. Performer Jake Arditti. Performer Nicholas Watts.
19 Mar 13 to 22 Mar 13Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462
listing details L01722707124
12 Mar 13 to 15 Mar 13The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499
listing details L209722069
8 Mar 13Grand Opera House, Belfast :: V548
listing details L01763699342
26 Feb 13 to 1 Mar 13Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570
listing details L0264501028
14 Feb 13 to 23 Feb 13Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975
listing details L1259391503

T01550072465

Triple billCompany Motion Productions.
31 Aug 12 to 1 Sep 12Arcola, Inner London :: V1422226940
listing details L0450003482

T066335482

Producer Renee Salewski. Producer Flat Earth Theatre. Director Robin Norton-Hale.
1 Sep 09Arcola, Inner London :: V1422226940
listing details L02091392711

T933477996

One woman telephone opera in double bill with a puppet show based on Cocteau's once-banned novetta.Company Metta Theatre.
2 Apr 08 to 3 Apr 08Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331
listing details L1701244407

T0990626325

New Production, Sung in French and English. Running time 45 mins no intervalCompany Opera North. Director Deborah Warner. Design Tom Pye. Costume Tom Pye. Lighting Jean Kalman. Translation Richard Stokes. Conductor Paul Watkins. Performer Joan Rodgers (Elle).
30 Nov 06Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570
listing details L1669677853
23 Nov 06Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975
listing details L0636482395
22 Nov 06 to 24 Nov 06Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224
listing details L1742299657
10 Nov 06The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499
listing details L1016306989
23 Oct 06 to 27 Oct 06Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975
listing details L1310605778

T1570107257

Sung in French with English surtitles.Company Theatre Francais De La Musique. Conductor Pascal Verrot.
19 Nov 03 to 22 Nov 03Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L02030825384

T77864071

Company London Sinfonietta. Director Andre Heller. Design Andre Heller. Design Mimmo Paladino. Costume Annette Beaufays. Director Arturo Tamayo (music). Performer Jessye Norman.
31 Oct 03 to 8 Nov 03Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224
listing details L195360862

T2133165764

New production, sung in English.Lighting Jean Kalman.
6 Feb 99Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462
listing details L0584032346
6 Feb 99Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462
listing details L946325166

Other listings

19 Oct 23The Mac (Metropolitan Arts Centre), Belfast :: V2073141420
listing details L937908489
24 Sep 21 to 25 Sep 21OSO Arts Centre (formerly the Old Sorting Office), Outer London :: V0964976130
listing details L01079515341

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