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Danish operatic soprano
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Operas on the verge of a nervous breakdown
It’s a pity that Francis Poulenc took so long to getting around to compose his operas: all three are, in their own ways, masterpieces, and one can only wonder what else he might have contributed to the lyric stage had he begun much earlier in his career. This week we complete the trilogy with the 1947 opéra bouffe Les mamelles de Tirésias and the 1959 dramatic monologue La voix humaine. Les mamelles de Tirésias is notable for its Dadaist influences in the libretto drawn from the writings of Guillaume Apollinaire. Despite the overall giddiness of the work, it is full of nostalgia and a sense of loss in the era immediately post-World War II. Jean Cocteau’s 1928 monodrama La voix humaine provides the source for the opera. The playwright also directed and designed the sets and costumes for the premiere at Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, starring Denise Duval […]
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