La voix humaine
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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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play La voix humaine | 1 |
| La voix humaine (play) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monodrama
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one-act opera ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| basedOn |
La voix humaine
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surface form:
La voix humaine (play)
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| catalogueNumber | FP 171 ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
abandonment
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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
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tragic ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Denise Duval ⓘ |
| form | monologue ⓘ |
| genre | lyric drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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television film adaptations ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist | Jean Cocteau ⓘ |
| librettoSource |
La voix humaine
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surface form:
Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play La voix humaine
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| musicalStyle |
expressionism
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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
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woman's apartment ⓘ |
| structure | continuous scene ⓘ |
| style | 20th-century opera ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | telephone conversation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | contemporary to its composition ⓘ |
| vocalTypeOfProtagonist | soprano ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
La voix humaine (play)
this entity surface form:
Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play La voix humaine