Divaria and sergej productions often work together to present works pared down to their emotional heart. The human voice, text by jean cocteau, has as its only visible character a distraught young woman conversing by telephone with her lover. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Tragedielyrique in one act monodrama 40 minutes time. Jean cocteau speaks to the year 2000, subtitled 1962 duration. Cocteau often illustrated his texts on his own, but this time he wanted the young artist bernard buffet to do the honor. The human voice is a fortyminute, oneact opera for soprano and orchestra composed by francis poulenc in 1958. A film adaptation of the onewoman play by jean cocteau starring shelby satterthwaite as a woman who deals with the emotional turmoils of.
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. Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown 1988 pedro. Poulencs setting of jean cocteau s famous drama played on stage by actresses including ingrid bergman takes audiences to a place where they are eavesdroppers and voyeurs. Staring dietlinde turban as elle a woman alone in her bedroom. 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. Le bel indifferent georges pretre, denise duval, edith piaf on allmusic 1988. Jean cocteau color lithograph on front cover in very good condition.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. 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. Complete your francis poulenc, jean cocteau collection. Federico santi mise en scene rene koering live 2010, opera comedie, montpellier.
Denise duval, georges pretre, orchestre du theatre national. From a text by jean cocteau, the opera is partly dependent upon verbal ambiguities for its effect, and, unsurprisingly. Jean cocteau, the poet, and bernard buffet, the painter. Delivery time is estimated using our proprietary method which is based on the buyers proximity to the item location, the shipping service selected, the sellers shipping history, and other factors.
In the role of woman elena kelessidi, a famous singer and an equally stunning actor. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Monodrama in oneact, french libretto by jean cocteau after his play of the same name. There has also been a long line of interpreters including simone signoret, ingrid bergman. He is to marry another woman the next day, which causes her to despair. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Jean cocteau and francis poulenc are two bastions of 20th century french creativity, pushing the envelope away from a traditional romantic period into one of expressionism, serialism and altogether darker motifs. Owners last name hand written on cover and on title page. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. 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. It is set in paris, where a stillquiteyoung woman is on the phone with her lover of the last five years.
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