Elle
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Elle is the solitary female protagonist of Francis Poulenc’s one-act opera *La voix humaine*, whose intense telephone monologue lays bare her emotional collapse during a breakup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elle canonical | 3 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
opera character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | La voix humaine ⓘ |
| associatedWorkGenre | one-act opera ⓘ |
| basedOn |
La voix humaine
ⓘ
surface form:
Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play La voix humaine
|
| centralTheme |
breakup
ⓘ
emotional collapse ⓘ love and loss ⓘ |
| communicationMode | telephone conversation ⓘ |
| conflictType | internal emotional conflict ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Francis Poulenc
ⓘ
Jean Cocteau ⓘ |
| dramaticArc | from fragile composure to emotional breakdown ⓘ |
| dramaticDevice |
interrupted telephone line
ⓘ
offstage interlocutor ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | monologue ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
anxiety
ⓘ
despair ⓘ jealousy ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| librettoBy | Jean Cocteau ⓘ |
| medium | opera ⓘ |
| motivation | desire to maintain connection with her lover ⓘ |
| musicBy | Francis Poulenc ⓘ |
| name | Elle self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | solitary protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous one-sided telephone monologue
ⓘ
exploration of female subjectivity ⓘ psychological realism ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | often performed by a single soprano in recital or staged settings ⓘ |
| relationshipStatus | undergoing breakup ⓘ |
| repertoireStatus | standard 20th-century soprano monodrama role ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of La voix humaine ⓘ |
| sceneLocation | Elle’s apartment ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| speaksTo | former lover (unheard on stage) ⓘ |
| stagePresence | only character on stage ⓘ |
| symbolism | telephone as symbol of fragile human connection ⓘ |
| timePeriod | contemporary to late 1950s ⓘ |
| vocalType | soprano ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.