Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle and Poulenc's The Human Voice: Opéra National de Paris
Lo spettacolo
Two tragic female fates dominate the center of operas by Bartók and Poulenc at the Palais Garnier in Paris, directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski.
Bass‐baritone John Relyea and mezzo‐soprano Ekaterina Gubanova face each other in Bartok's one‐act opera Bluebeard's castle, recounting the story of the terrible Duke Bluebeard and his fourth wife Judith, whose curiosity will lead to her end. For Poulenc's La Voix humaine, a one‐act lyrical tragedy by French author Jean Cocteau, soprano Barbara Hannigan takes the stage on her own to deliver a powerful monologue wounded in desperation.
With French and English surtitles
Cast/Produzione
Bluebeard's castle
Opera in one act (1918)
Music: Béla Bartók
Libretto: Béla Balazs
Sung in Hungarian
Bluebeard: John Relyea
Judith: Ekaterina Gubanova
La Voix humaine
Lyrical tragedy in one act
Music: Francis Poulenc
Libretto: Jean Cocteau
Sung in French
Elle: Barbara Hannigan
Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
Director: Krzysztof Warlikowski
Set and costume design: Małgorzata Szczęśniak
Lighting design: Felice Ross
Video: Denis Guéguin
Choreography: Claude Bardouil
Dramaturgy: Christian Longchamp
Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris
Coproduction with the Teatro Real, Madrid
