Name: La Voix humaine
Start: 2022-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Piazza Duomo

Organization

Festival dei Due Mondi

Conductor

Barbara Hannigan

Singer

Soprano

The woman

Video designer

Denis Guéguin

Pianist

Delphine Dussaux

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Orchestra

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

La Voix humaine -  (The Human Voice)

Spoleto

Italy

Piazza Duomo

La Voix humaine Poulenc

Public

The Human Voice

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Contralto

Bass

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

In the double role of singer and conductor Barbara Hannigan, artist with extraordinary flexibility, plays Elle by Francis Poulenc, a woman at the height of pain, obsessed and rejected, trapped in a world between fantasy and reality. "I have always thought" - comments Hannigan - "that Elle's forays into unreality, illusion and control made La Voix Humaine an opera suitable to be sung and conducted simultaneously". On stage, the character's neurosis and her isolation are further enhanced by the powerful images of video designer Denis Guéguin.

Preceding the performance of La Voix Humaine are the melancholic sounds of Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings. It is the same “Elle” who sings and directs Poulenc to lead Strauss's solemn reflection on the transcendence between the worldly and the divine.

The theme of transformation, predominant in the program, is developed on several levels. Hannigan's orchestral conducting technique, certainly unconventional, emphasizes the psychological drama: the gestures intended for the orchestra enhance the soprano's vocal gestures and the vocal expressiveness inspires the direction movements.

English

The Human Voice by Poulenc, From (2022/2022), Conductor Barbara Hannigan, Piazza Duomo, Spoleto, Italy

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues