Details

A woman calls her ex-lover, unable to let go of him. She flatters, despairs and blackmails in the hope that he will not hang up the phone. / The clockmaker's wife takes advantage of her husband's absence to receive her lovers. In Opera Zuid's double bill of 20th century French masterpieces, everything revolves around the female protagonists and their emotional development. The one-act operas La Voix humaine (Francis Poulenc) and L'Heure espagnole (Maurice Ravel), each lasting less than an hour, present themselves as two sides of the same coin united by the same longing for connection to another human being. Sung in French. Subtitles are available in English and French with the option of auto-translation into over 100 other languages.

Cast/Performers

Talar Dekrmanjian (Elle), Gilles Ragon (Torquemada), Romie Esteves (Concepcion), Michael Wilmering (Ramiro), Alexandre Diakoff (Don Inigo Gomez), Peter Gijsbertsen (Gonzalve)

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Poulenc, Ravel
Conductor(s): Karel Deseure, Bas van Yperen (assistant - intern)
Director(s): Beatrice Lachaussee, Lauriane Tissot (assistant)
Design: Amber Vandenhoeck
Costume: Jorine van Beek
Lighting: Glen D'haenens
Dramaturg: Willem Bruls