La voix humaine

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monodrama one-act opera opera

La voix humaine is a one-act monodrama opera by Francis Poulenc, based on Jean Cocteau’s play, depicting a woman’s emotional breakdown during a final phone call with her lover.

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Label Occurrences
Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play La voix humaine 2
La Voix humaine 2
La voix humaine canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monodrama ⓘ
one-act opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn La voix humaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: La voix humaine (play)
catalogueNumber FP 171 ⓘ
centralTheme abandonment ⓘ
despair ⓘ
emotional breakdown ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
characterCountOnStage 1 ⓘ
commissionedBy Opéra-Comique ⓘ
composer Francis Poulenc ⓘ
composerNationality French ⓘ
dramaticDevice offstage male voice implied by telephone ⓘ
dramaticFocus final phone call with lover ⓘ
duration about 40 minutes ⓘ
emotionalTone intimate ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
firstPerformer Denise Duval ⓘ
form monologue ⓘ
genre lyric drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
television film adaptations ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Jean Cocteau ⓘ
librettoSource La voix humaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play La voix humaine
musicalStyle expressionism ⓘ
lyricism ⓘ
notableRole Elle ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
numberOfSingers 1 ⓘ
orchestration orchestra ⓘ
originalMedium stage ⓘ
periodOfComposition late 1950s ⓘ
playwrightNationality French ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereCountry France ⓘ
premiereDate 1959-02-06 ⓘ
premiereLocation Opéra-Comique ⓘ
premiereTheatre Salle Favart ⓘ
setting Paris ⓘ
woman's apartment ⓘ
structure continuous scene ⓘ
style 20th-century opera ⓘ
subjectMatter telephone conversation ⓘ
timePeriod contemporary to its composition ⓘ
vocalTypeOfProtagonist soprano ⓘ

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Malena Ernman → notableWork → La voix humaine ⓘ
La voix humaine → basedOn → La voix humaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La voix humaine (play)
La voix humaine → librettoSource → La voix humaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play La voix humaine
Francis Poulenc → notableWork → La voix humaine ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Voix humaine
Jean Cocteau → notableWork → La voix humaine ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Voix humaine
Elle → appearsIn → La voix humaine ⓘ
subject surface form: Elle (La voix humaine)
Elle → basedOn → La voix humaine ⓘ
subject surface form: Elle (La voix humaine)
this entity surface form: Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play La voix humaine