The Human Voice
AUGUST 9TH at 17:30, Norðurljós
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It depicts the final phone call between Elle and her lover, who has ended their five-year relationship and is set to marry another woman the following day. The entire story is told through this single phone call, in which we only hear Elle’s side of the conversation. The music reflects the hesitations and pauses of the call; the vocal line is mostly written in a recitative style, and the piano acts as the voice of the man on the other end.
The performance will be in French, with the Icelandic translation by Kristján Þórður Hrafnsson projected on a screen.
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
The Human Voice (La Voix Humaine)
Libretto based on a play by Jean Cocteau (1928)
Length: 40 minutes
Kristín E. Mäntylä
Soprano
Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir
Pianist