Poulenc, The Human Voice

Abbaye Saint-Victor, 3 Rue De l'Abbaye

This intense work, born from the fusion of text and music, focuses the viewer's attention on the drama of separation, the torture of the abandoned woman, broken by the malady of love that consumes her. The sincere friendship that linked Poulenc to Cocteau will end with their passing in 1963. "Strangely, it was only after forty years of friendship that I collaborated with Cocteau. I think I needed a lot of experience to respect the perfect construction of The Human Voice which must be, musically, the opposite of an improvisation." Thus by these …