La Voix humaine - full opera
Poulenc Double Bill, 2022
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52m
La Voix humaine is opera distilled down to its essence: a musical monologue of searing intensity. Alone in her apartment, a woman talks to her former lover on the telephone. She teases, flirts, promises, lies and pleads. Finally, telling him again and again that she loves him, she drops the receiver…
This production has been captured in 4K.
Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Festival 2022
Musical edition: La Voix humaine – Ricordi Paris
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