This article is about the French opera. For the similarly named organ stop, see Vox humana.
1958 one-act opera by Francis Poulenc
La voix humaine
Monodrama by Francis Poulenc
The composer in 1922
Description
tragédie lyrique
Translation
The Human Voice
Language
French
Based on
The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau
Premiere
6 February 1959 (1959-02-06)
Opéra-Comique, Paris
La voix humaine (English: The Human Voice) is a forty-minute, one-act opera for soprano and orchestra composed by Francis Poulenc in 1958. The work is based on the play of the same name by Jean Cocteau, who, along with French soprano Denise Duval, worked closely with Poulenc in preparation for the opera's premiere. Poulenc's tragédie lyrique was first performed at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique in Paris on 6 February 1959, with Duval as the solo singer and Georges Prêtre conducting; the scenery, costumes and direction were by Cocteau.
The libretto consists of a woman's last phone conversation with her lover, who now loves someone else. During the call, the woman reveals that she has attempted suicide because her lover has abandoned her.
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