CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 2h 1m

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

A unique merger of two one-act operas

MusicDrama

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”…

Directed byStéphane Metge, Stéphane Lissner

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 1m
Language
EN
Released
June 1, 2018
Studios
Opéra National de ParisArthaus MusikTelmondis

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
John Relyea

John Relyea

Duc Barbe-Bleue

Ekaterina Gubanova

Ekaterina Gubanova

Judith

Claude Bardouil

Him (silent role)

Barbara Hannigan

Barbara Hannigan

Her

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Self - Conductor

Paris National Opera Orchestra

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Stéphane Metge
Stéphane Lissner
Written by
Béla Balázs
Béla Balázs
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Produced by
Laurent Métivier
Denis Morlière

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