And they Call this Love?
Sun, Jun 13
|St. John's on the Lake
In a regular performance of The Human Voice, with libretto by Cocteau and music by Poulenc, the audience gets to witness the last moments in the life of a tormented woman on the verge of destruction.
Time & Location
Jun 13, 2021, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
St. John's on the Lake, 4760 Pine Tree Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA
About the event
…”La Voix humaine is a curious, uncomfortable work that does not fit securely within the traditional boundaries of opera or play.”
Keith Clifton,
Canadian University Music Review.
Featuring Sandra López, Soprano and Jenny Snyder, Pianist. In a regular performance of The Human Voice, with libretto by Cocteau and music by Poulenc, the audience gets to witness the last moments in the life of a tormented woman on the verge of destruction. Elle, the protagonist, appears onstage talking to her lover on the telephone, and ultimately committing suicide.
And they call this Love? combines Ah! Perfido!, a concert aria by Beethoven that would seem to foreshadow the drama of the protagonist of Poulenc’s work, with The Human Voice. In this new production, Ah! Perfido! is staged as an opera scene and seamlessly woven into the La voix humaine. But this time, the protagonist walks away from the situation of abuse, …
Tickets
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$15.00
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