Name: The Salon Series - La Voix Humaine
Start: 2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The MAC

Organization

Admin

Northern Ireland Opera

Singer

Soprano

Mary McCabe

The woman

Stage director

Cameron Menzies

Pianist

David Quigley

Makeup artist

Nuala Campbell

Costume designer

Linda Britten

The MAC

The Playhouse

French

The Salon Series - La Voix Humaine

Belfast

United Kingdom

Londonderry

Derry Playhouse

The Salon Series - La Voix Humaine: La Voix humaine Poulenc

Public

Private

The Human Voice

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Countertenor

Baritone

Tenor

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

La Voix Humaine is a highly charged one-act, one-woman opera by Poulenc based on a play of the same name written by Jean Cocteau, who directed the first production in 1959.

We watch a woman receive a phone call from her lover and eavesdrop as over the course of 50 minutes, her life unravels as he tells her he is in love with someone else and ends their relationship. Her mood moves from tenderness to neediness and anguish, brilliantly expressed by Poulenc’s music.

It's a powerful, emotional work, with a perspective seen from just one side of a relationship that is ending in real time and the anguish and pain that brings. We feel for ‘Elle’ and go through all the emotions with her as her life falls apart in an intense but universal story of heartbreak and loss.

Cocteau’s monologue also inspired other artworks including Almodovar’s famous film ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’.

The Salon Series - La Voix Humaine by Poulenc, Thu 19 Oct 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Cameron Menzies,, The MAC, Belfast, United Kingdom

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Cast

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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