The human voice acting edition cocteau, jean, wood, anthony on amazon. It represents one side of a conversation between a young woman sung by american soprano julia migenes and her lover, who has jilted her in a 1930s parisian apartment, a. Francis poulenc composed this operatic monologue for denise duval, his favourite singer, who created the role under the direction of georges pretre, with staging and scenery by jean cocteau, who also wrote the libretto. During the fortyminute work, she sings in a declamatory manner into a telephone, which serves as a sign of the unrevealed man at the other end. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. In stock usually ships in mf days guaranteed same day shipping for orders with ups 1, 2. The human voice, text by jean cocteau, has as its only visible character a distraught young woman conversing by telephone with her lover. Plainchant by jean cocteau free ebook project gutenberg. Poulencs only large serious opera, dialogues des carmelites 1957. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Cocteau worked closely with a number of composers, including satie, stravinsky, and poulenc. In stock usually ships in mf days guaranteed same day shipping for orders with ups 1, 2 or 3days shipping method selected not usps. The work is based on the play of the same name by jean cocteau, who. Awaiting, then receiving a phone call from her lover of five years who has recently left her and is to marry another woman the following day.
Monodrama in oneact, french libretto by jean cocteau after his play of the same name. It is set in paris, where a stillquiteyoung woman is on the phone with her lover of the last five years. In this explosive work, antonacci is alternately cajoling, charming, frantic and exhausted, the new york times as a desperate woman on the phone with her soontobe exlover. Inspired by and contemporized from the play by jean cocteau. Based on the play by jean cocteau, it follows a womans final. The human voice is a fortyminute, oneact opera for soprano and orchestra composed by francis poulenc in 1958. The operas plot is wrought with the emotional turmoil of lost love. The main character, elle, spends the opera on the phone with her exlover who. Starring anna caterina antonacci accompanied by donald sulzen. In fact, many see this story play andor opera as quite misogynist. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
The human voice acting edition cocteau, jean, wood, anthony on. It ran seventyfive minutes without an intermission and consisted of dialogue in english and fifteen songs. Running through bartoks disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as unplayable, and the expression of despair in poulencs monologue, the director krzysztof warlikowski perceives a shared dramatic thread, a shared feminine consciousness and a shared sense of imprisonment and. 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 operas premiere. The main character, elle, spends the opera on the phone with her exlover w. Francis poulenc, who knew cocteau for most of his adult life, wrote an opera for soprano and orchestra in 1958 based on cocteaus play. The human voice by carlyle brown productions 5 drama 10 15 minutes. Staring dietlinde turban as elle a woman alone in her bedroom. In this oneact monologue taking place in paris a middleaged woman is on a phone call with her lover of the past five years.
I adapted, produced, starred in an original onewoman show. Jean cocteau, the poet, and bernard buffet, the painter. From a text by jean cocteau, the opera is partly dependent upon verbal ambiguities for its effect, and, unsurprisingly. A special project in association with yale school of drama and yale opera. Time out ivo van hove truca a jean cocteau 22 jun 15 download als. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free. Cocteau often illustrated his texts on his own, but this time he wanted the young artist bernard buffet to do the honor. A film adaptation of the onewoman play by jean cocteau starring shelby satterthwaite as a woman who deals with the emotional turmoils of talking to her lover one last time over the phone. Federico santi mise en scene rene koering live 2010, opera comedie, montpellier. Francis poulenc, who knew cocteau for most of his adult life, wrote an opera for soprano and orchestra in 1958 based on cocteau s play.
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