Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

2018
2h 1m
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Music Drama

"A unique merger of two one-act operas"

Overview

Running through Bartók’s disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as unplayable, and the expression of despair in Poulenc’s monologue, the director Krzysztof Warlikowski perceives a shared dramatic thread, a shared feminine consciousness and a shared sense of imprisonment and suffocation: for the woman who penetrates the confines of Bluebeard’s castle and Elle, the woman who clings to a telephone conversation with a man as the only thing worth living for, are condemned to share the same fate. And this man she speaks to, does he really exist? Unless the director has interpreted Cocteau’s words to the letter and the telephone has become a “terrifying weapon that leaves no trace, makes no noise”…

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Arthaus Musik Opéra National de Paris Telmondis
Production Countries
France Germany
Spoken Languages
French Hungarian

Keywords

opera

Quick Facts

Original Title Poulenc: La Voix Humaine / Bartók: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue
Release Date June 1, 2018
Status Released
Language EN
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Cast

John Relyea
John Relyea

Duc Barbe-Bleue

Ekaterina Gubanova
Ekaterina Gubanova

Judith

Claude Bardouil
Claude Bardouil

Him (silent role)

Barbara Hannigan
Barbara Hannigan

Her

Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Self - Conductor

Paris Opera Orchestra
Paris Opera Orchestra

Self

Key Crew

Laurent Métivier
Producer
Stéphane Metge
Director
Denis Morlière
Producer
Stéphane Lissner
Director
Antoine Perset
Producer
Béla Balázs
Writer
Jean Cocteau
Writer